As part of its ongoing efforts to keep the media apprised of developments in West Asia, the Government of India convened a briefing at the National Media Centre today. Representatives from the Ministries of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and External Affairs, shared updates on fuel availability, maritime operations, and assistance to […]
US President Donald Trump is badly trapped between his campaign promises against war and the strategic quicksand he has walked into on February 28, 2026, joining Israeli attacks on Iran, killing its top leadership. As the escalated war enters Day 18, Trump has no good options, and his reaction will likely be driven by ego […]
Energy crises have repeatedly reshaped the global economy, and the latest geopolitical tensions in the Gulf have revived concerns about the fragility of oil supply chains. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime corridor connecting the Persian Gulf with international markets. Any disruption to shipping through […]
Thursday night the Trump administration issued a temporary general license authorizing the delivery, sale and offloading of Russian crude and petroleum products loaded onto vessels on or before March 12, 2026, to stabilize global energy markets following the soaring of crude oil prices by the 13 years war between the U.S. and Israel, who war […]
From a smoke-stained guard tower in Baghdad to a backpack bomb in Oslo and gunshots at dawn in Toronto, Iran has increasingly turned the world’s diplomatic consulates into combat zones. The guard tower at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center had barely stopped smoking when the State Department alert went out Tuesday night. Six drones had […]
There is a test that powerful countries administer to everyone else every few decades. It is not announced formally. There is no letter, no ceremony, no official notice. The test arrives disguised as a trade policy. You discover you are being tested only by watching how you respond. Trump administered that test in 2025. The […]
Thirty years he had been the most powerful man in Iran ever to be seen. No speeches. No sermons. No interviews. And, even as his father was roaring away in pulpits and making a name in the history of a nation, Mojtaba Khamenei was toiling in the shadows, pushing through corridors, whispering into the correct […]
Thick black clouds covered the Tehran areas on Sunday with residents claiming that when it rains, oily residue fell onto the ground following Israeli airstrikes to various oil storage and fuel distribution sites around the Iranian capital that caused massive fires, causing plumes of smoke to fill the Iranian capital. The attacks, which were declared […]
• US suggested India absorb Russian oil waiting for Chinese refineries• Over 100 million barrels of crude currently floating offshore• Extra cargoes could benefit Indian refiners through discounted supply• Move aimed at cooling global oil prices amid Middle East tensions The United States has proposed that India reflect on absorbing over 100 million barrels of […]