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60 stories for“escalation”
A risk-off session in Dubai and Abu Dhabi shows how conflict, oil, aviation and investor confidence can move Gulf markets in different directions at once.
Jul 24, 2026
Brent topped 92 dollars on Tuesday, up from just over 88 at Monday's close. A tanker was hit crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Monday by three unknown projectiles, and transits through the channel fell to 107 in the week to 30 August from 121.
Sep 1, 2026
A $265 million World Bank package for the 300-megawatt Ifahsa pumped-storage project could unlock more solar and wind while making Morocco's grid more dependable.
Aug 3, 2026
Long-dated US borrowing costs reached a 22-year high on Thursday, driven by surging energy prices, strong business activity data and a national debt above 40 trillion dollars, even as Brent crude eased off its intraday peak on Hormuz reopening reports.
Sep 25, 2026
The eight-point agreement reached during Xi Jinping's visit also extends the trade truce two months past its November deadline, sets up a bilateral trade council and creates a channel for reporting AI-related incidents.
Sep 27, 2026
Crude shipments through the Gulf have recovered sharply, yet refineries and fuel supply remain constrained. That gap explains why cheaper oil may not quickly reach consumers.
Jul 31, 2026
Shareholders approved it, the UK waved it through in August, and a group of US states went to a federal judge to stop it. The largest media deal in a generation is still not finished.
Aug 15, 2026
Brent settled at 101.20, an eleven-day low, as Trump said he would meet Pezeshkian in New York and Saudi crude found its way through Hormuz at 2.9 million barrels a day. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 per cent, Meta 11.4, and the ten-year slipped back under five.
Sep 22, 2026
Shipping, insurance and construction costs are all higher because of the Iran conflict. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pressing ahead with project awards anyway, and the reasoning is deliberate.
Aug 4, 2026
