Oil price tops $100 a barrel as US blockades strait of Hormuz; Goldman Sachs posts rise in profits – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Apr 13
Morning Mail: US to blockade strait of Hormuz; Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary; the rise of ‘pantry loading’ Trump says US navy will ‘immediately blockade’ strait of Hormuz; jubilation in Hungary as Orbán suffers election loss The Guardian - AU · Apr 12
Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructure The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Trump says US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran fail Talks collapse without progress as Tehran stands firm on nuclear ambitions The Independent UK · Apr 12
Iran Ceasefire, Bank Earnings and Other Key Things to Watch this Week Markets face extraordinary uncertainty following the collapse of lengthy U.S.-Iran diplomatic talks that ended with no deal, as Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed Iranian officials "have chosen not to accept our terms." Barchart · Apr 12
The Guardian view on US-Iran talks: Trump’s diplomacy falters as risk of war grows Editorial: An American blockade in the strait of Hormuz raises energy-market dangers after failed negotiations – pushing a fragile ceasefire closer to collapse The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks The two sides turned up to test one another’s resolve. It was probably unrealistic to expect a dispute that has taken up years of discussion to be settled in one marathon session The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Penny Wong calls failed peace talks between US and Iran ‘disappointing’ and urges resumption Australia’s foreign affairs minister says priority ‘must be to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 12
JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme Iranian delegates in Islamabad say Washington needs to do more to win their trust if talks to resolve US-Iran conflict are to be successful The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Strait of Hormuz Traffic Remains Near Standstill Despite US-Iran Ceasefire as Iran Limits Access Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint for roughly one-fifth of the world's oil supply, remained severely restricted Saturday as Iran continued to control access and limit transits more than three days after a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire took effect. International Business Times · Apr 11
Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm? Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East The Guardian - UK · Apr 11
Barbra Streisand reminds the world that Trump’s lies are for the gullible — and plenty are still falling for it Barbra Streisand just dropped another pointed critique of President Donald Trump on BlueSky on April 8, 2026, sharing a quote from Representative Jim McGovern saying, “So he’ll stop bombing Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which was open before he started bombing Iran. Got it.” This sentiment, originally shared… The Mary Sue · Apr 10
War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys Negotiators of 2015 deal say Tehran has seen how cutting off Hormuz strait can help it counter asymmetry of power The Guardian - UK · Apr 10
The Independent UK · Apr 10 North Sea oil prices hit record high amid Strait of Hormuz row It eclipses the previous record, set during the 2008 financial crisis
The Guardian - AU · Apr 10 The Crunch: Space objects visualised, the many maps of Hormuz and Melbourne’s seasons Is it still ‘space’ if it’s full of objects orbiting the Earth? Plus, we track the fuel crisis
The Guardian - AU · Apr 10 Trump warns of fresh strikes if Iran talks fail – as it happened US president says that warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if Saturday’s Islamabad talks fail to produce a deal
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9 Israel’s attacks on Lebanon should not be happening, says Keir Starmer In article for Guardian, PM also calls for Iran conflict to become watershed moment for future UK security
Euronews · Apr 9 EU rejects Trump's 'joint venture' with Iran to charge ships through Strait of Hormuz Donald Trump has floated the idea of a "joint venture" to set up tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. The European Commission says this would be unlawful.
The Times of India · Apr 9 Schrodinger's ceasefire: Decoding the 'peace treaty' amid US-Israel War with Iran The term Schrödinger’s XYZ has since slipped into the modern lexicon to describe any situation of uncertainty, and it certainly fits the description for the current imbroglio in the Middle East.
International Business Times · Apr 9 NATO Secretary General Reportedly Says Trump Wants Concrete Commitments On Strait Of Hormuz Within Days NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told European leaders that President Donald Trump wants concrete commitments on passage through the Strait of Hormuz within days as parties gear up for negotiations in Pakistan, according to a new report.
International Business Times UK · Apr 9 Iran War Update: Beijing Sidesteps Credit As Trump Hails China Role In Hormuz Peace Deal Beijing has praised the Iran war ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but pointedly declined to confirm Donald Trump's claim that China helped broker the deal.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9 Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes Israeli PM says he will continue to attack Hezbollah ‘with full force’ after attacks that killed more than 300 people
Fortune · Apr 8 The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again Iran aims to control the Strait of Hormuz choke point for the foreseeable future with or without a ceasefire, experts said.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 8 Starmer says UK wants to help with opening of Hormuz strait on Gulf visit PM meets Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia before further visits to regional allies, who may see him as more reliable than Trump