Slovakia Gives Ukraine Monday Deadline to Restore Oil Transit

Goldman Warns Brent Could Top $120 If Gulf Chokepoint Crisis Deepens Brent crude futures are trading in the low $90s as the Gulf area escalation enters a tenth consecutive day. Iran attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, while two tankers carrying Saudi crude reversed course in the southern Red Sea after warnings from Iran-backed Houthi forces placed another critical maritime chokepoint under threat. For more color on energy markets, Goldman commodities expert Daan Struyven warned clients on Monday that Brent crude futures could surge above $120 a barrel by...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented Donald Trump with plans for an all-out attack on Iran at the President’s request. Trump was convinced by his advisers to allow negotiations to continue.  On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine informed President Trump of battle […]