Middle East

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Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean Economy

Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean

France has deployed its sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Horm...

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Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens Economy

Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel and triggerin...

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Cyberattack on NCBJ: Traces Lead to Iran Science

Cyberattack on NCBJ: Traces Lead to Iran

Hackers attacked the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Świerk, Poland, but Polish security systems repelled the attack. Minister Gawkowski point...

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Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy Economy

Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since a US-Israel military campaign against Iran began has sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel, paralyz...

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How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works

Lebanon divides every government post by religious sect — a system born in 1943 that was meant to keep the peace but has repeatedly produced paralysis...

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Trump Touts Iran's 'Total Defeat' as Hormuz Warships Mobilize Economy

Trump Touts Iran's 'Total Defeat' as Hormuz Warships Mobilize

On Day 15 of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, President Trump declared Tehran 'totally defeated' and seeking a deal, while calling on China, France,...

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Spain Activates Economic Shield in Response to Gulf Crisis Economy

Spain Activates Economic Shield in Response to Gulf Crisis

The government of Pedro Sánchez plans to approve a package of fiscal and labor measures on March 17 to contain rising gasoline and electricity prices...

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Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar Economy

Duslo Šaľa Halts Ammonia Production as Gas Prices Soar

Duslo Šaľa, Slovakia's largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers, has curtailed ammonia production to a technical minimum following a sharp rise in nat...

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Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends European Gas Prices Soaring 50% Economy

Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends European Gas Prices Soaring 50%

Iranian drone strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan industrial complex forced QatarEnergy to declare force majeure and halt all LNG production, sending Europe...

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Trump Bombs Kharg Island as Iran War Enters Day 14 Economy

Trump Bombs Kharg Island as Iran War Enters Day 14

President Trump declared that the U.S. has 'totally obliterated' every military target on Iran's Kharg Island oil hub, while Iran fired a new missile...

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Orbán Raises Terror Alert Level Due to Iran War Economy

Orbán Raises Terror Alert Level Due to Iran War

The Hungarian government has raised the country's terror threat level by one notch following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran. Vik...

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Iran War Sends Global Aviation Into Chaos Economy

Iran War Sends Global Aviation Into Chaos

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran has shuttered airspace across the Middle East, rerouting or cancelling tens of thousands of flights, spi...

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