12 October 2026
US Energy Minister: We obtained a document from Iran that attempted to restrict global shipping.
US Energy Secretary responds to Al Jazeera question: Oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz at night with US Navy escort
Protesters cut the Al Omar oil field road in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zour, citing rising fuel prices.
3 week ago
"Reuters": Brent crude futures rise by more than $4 to a session high of $108
Electrical power blackout in Kherson
3 week ago
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Drones have attacked power infrastructure in Mariupol
President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday the United States could stay in Iran and "keep the ‌oil", drawing a parallel with a U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves
General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed hits at refineries in Slavyansk-na-Kubani and Saratov
5 people wounded as result of Russian strikes in Odesa
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that the drones targeting the East-West pipeline came from Iraq, according to a Foreign Ministry statement
Power blackout at the occupied part of Donetsk region after explosions in Snizhne
AFP: Houthi militias seize Miyun Island
Ukrainian drones "Lyutyy" attacked the Saratov oil refinery and the Ozon warehouse on a 100,000 sq m area in Saratov
1 month ago
Trump just now announced that if Republicans keep the House and Senate in November, "I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000." He suggested the money will come from tariffs
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a new maritime restricted zone will extend from Chabahar into parts of the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, with exact coordinates to be announced. The move follows Tehran's earlier plans to establish restrictions beyond the Strait of Hormuz, potentially widening disruption to shipping across a critical global energy route
Brent crude oil surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since July1 month ago
Brent crude oil surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since July
1 month ago
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom confirm their intention to impose national restrictions and/or supportive European restrictions on trade with the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
Drones have attacked oil refinery in Saratov
1 month ago
Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation from the position of Prosecutor General
Investigators discovered nine more improvised explosive devices close to high-voltage lines near the Graustein substation, raising the total number of such recovered devices in Saxony, Eastern Germany, to 21. These devices were reportedly targeted at disrupting the regional power grid. - WELT
Iran says it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf and new shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, according to Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei. Iran said ships entering the restricted zone would be added to a sanctions list. - Reuters
UAE Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Anwar Gargash: The UAE is developing alternative energy export and trade routes to avoid being disrupted by the conflict with Iran. Our ⁠energy exports will not be held hostage, nor will our ​trade and economic activity. A functional relationship with ‌Iran ⁠can and must be restored, but rebuilding trust is another matter. Rebuilding trust with Iran could take decades
1 month ago
Zelensky: Ukraine targeted an oil refinery in Ryazan and oil processing facilities in Perm and Tatarstan inside Russia
Oil refinery in Ryazan was attacked with drones
For unknown reasons, a number of main electricity substations in Kuwait went out of service, which led to power outages in a number of areas in the governorates of Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.
US State Department: Sanctions imposed on a Turkish bank to cut off Iran from the global financial system
A fire at a refinery in Sochi could lead to a worsening fuel situation in the city, said Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Territory
Power blackout in Kramatorsk
Drones have attacked chemical plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkiria