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Four astronauts are on a 10‑day journey around the Moon after NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully lifted off from Florida on Wednesday, marking the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B at approximately 6:35 pm local time (2235 GMT),…
American motorists are now paying more than $4 per gallon at the pump for the first time in nearly four years, as the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran continues to choke global energy supplies through the shutdown of the critical Strait of Hormuz. The American Automobile Association (AAA) confirmed that the national average…
For the first time in American history, a sitting president’s signature will appear on U.S. paper currency, with President Donald Trump set to sign dollar bills beginning this summer as part of a sweeping redesign timed to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence. According to a Reuters report, the new notes will carry…
Global energy markets are reeling as the Middle East conflict enters a volatile new phase. Crude oil prices surged by nearly 6% on Thursday, climbing to $108.3 per barrel after Iran dismissed a 15-point US peace proposal. Tehran labelled the plan “unfair” and “skewed” toward American and Israeli interests. The rejection abruptly reversed a brief…
Global oil prices dropped sharply and stock markets rallied on Wednesday after reports emerged that the United States had transmitted a peace proposal to Iran, while Tehran announced it would allow vessels it deemed non-hostile through the Strait of Hormuz, offering the first concrete signs that nearly four weeks of conflict could be winding…
Iran on Monday issued sweeping threats to deploy naval mines across the Gulf and strike power infrastructure throughout the Middle East, defying a United States ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the military confrontation with Washington and Israel entered its fourth week. The Islamic Republic showed no sign of backing down ahead…
US President Donald Trump has halted threatened strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, declaring a five-day ceasefire to pursue a “complete and total resolution” of hostilities. The reversal comes less than 24 hours after the President threatened to dismantle Iran’s electricity grid, a move that sent global markets into a tailspin. In a characteristically blunt announcement…
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s energy infrastructure unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened within 48 hours. The ultimatum, posted to Truth Social on Saturday, expires at 23:44 GMT on Monday. Trump warned that the US would target Iranian power plants, “starting with the biggest one first,” if the world’s…
Fresh tensions in the Middle East have pushed global energy markets into uncertainty, as United States President Donald Trump publicly declared that Israel would not carry out further strikes on Iran’s key gas infrastructure, while warning of severe consequences if hostilities continue. The statement followed a sharp escalation involving Iran, Israel, and Gulf energy…
Global oil prices surged by 10 percent on Thursday following confirmation from Qatar that Iranian strikes had caused extensive damage to the Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas facility, the world’s largest LNG hub, intensifying concerns over the security of energy supplies in an already volatile Middle East. European gas prices recorded a steeper climb…
