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IEA to consider release of more oil reserves as Iran war keeps prices high
ByJillian Ambrose Energy correspondent March 16, 2026

Head of world’s energy watchdog says it will take time for markets to recover from ongoing crisis in strait of HormuzThe world’s energy watchdog will consider releasing further emergency crude stocks into the global market to cool rising oil prices aft…

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Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s plea for European support for his war on Iran – cartoon
ByBen Jennings March 16, 2026

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Could Trump blow up Nato over Iran war? – The Latest
By March 16, 2026

Donald Trump is pressuring European allies to protect the strait of Hormuz, warning that Nato faces a ‘very bad’ future if members fail to offer assistance.The strait of Hormuz is one of the most important shipping routes in the world. A fifth of inter…

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Iran’s Hormuz blockade is its most powerful card against Trump and Israel. It won’t back down easily | Jack Watling
ByJack Watling March 16, 2026

By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back downThe US and Israeli decision to attack Iran has sent economic shockwaves around the world. About 20% of global oil supplies have been effectively b…

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US citizens: Trump had no ‘backup’ plan to help them leave Middle East after Iran strike
ByJane Clinton March 16, 2026

Americans criticize US state department, with one person saying she felt ‘betrayed’ and treated like ‘an afterthought’US citizens living in the Middle East say they’re “angry” at the US state department, criticising the Trump administration for having …

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UAE reopens airspace after Iran attack – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

This blog is closedContinued from previous post:Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she has no immediate plans to send her country’s maritime self-defence forces to help protect tanker traffic in the strait of Homuz.We have not made any de…

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War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik March 16, 2026

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices…

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UK plans to send minesweeping drones to help reopen strait of Hormuz
ByKiran Stacey Policy editor March 15, 2026

Government reluctant to dispatch ships amid concerns complying with Trump’s demands could escalate Iran crisisMinisters are drawing up plans to send minesweeping drones to the strait of Hormuz amid concerns in Whitehall that complying with Donald Trump…

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Initiative may be slipping away from US and Israel as Middle East crisis deepens
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem March 15, 2026

There is little sign of imminent regime change in Iran as its blockade of strait of Hormuz shocks global economyMiddle East crisis – live updatesFew doubt that in the first days of the new war in the Middle East, the initiative belonged to the US and i…

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Israel claims brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander
ByEdward Helmore March 15, 2026

Israeli military also says on social media brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was ‘eliminated in airstrike last week’Israel’s military claimed on Sunday that the brother of the recent Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander responsible for …

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