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The silhouette of an oil and chemical tanker off the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, in Martigues, France, March 20, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran ceasefire provides hope, but physical oil markets to remain stressed

Crude oil futures responded to the news by ​plunging, with Brent contracts dropping as much as 16% to a low of $91.70 a barrel in early Asian trade on Wednesday after ending at $109.27 on Tuesday ...

US President Donald Trump and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File Photo.

Pakistan helps broker US-Iran ceasefire, averting planned strike: Report

A satellite image shows an oil terminal on Kharg Island, Iran, on 25 February 2026. File Photo: Planet Labs PBC/Reuters

US strikes Kharg Island; Israeli attack on railway bridge kills two in Iran

An Iranian flag stands in the rubble following a strike on a police station in Tehran, Iran, March 4. Photo: Reuters

Iran sets preconditions for talks on lasting peace with US, senior official tells Reuters

Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. Photo: 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US-Israeli strike near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant kills one; Tehran says it hit Israel-linked vessel in Hormuz

A woman stands in her brother's home, which was damaged by a strike, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Europe pushes back on some US military operations as concerns over Iran war mount

Delegates attend the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 14th ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, March 28, 2026. Photo: WTO/Handout via REUTERS

WTO talks stalled going into final day amid US-India e-commerce deadlock

Iranian missiles are displayed in a park, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2026. Photo: Reuters

US can only confirm about a third of Iran's missile arsenal destroyed: Sources

Photo: Reuters

Pentagon says it will ramp up war supplies with defense companies

US President Donald Trump looks on, befrore departing for Florida from the South Lawn, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Donald Trump's Gulf war is undermining US power

Smoke and fire rise near the South Pars gas field following an attack, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Bushehr Province, Iran, March 18, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Courtesy: Reuters

No talks with US, Trump delaying strikes to cut oil prices: Iran

FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, Acting National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 18, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran's government degraded but appears intact, top US spy says

People gather for the funeral of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani and victims of the IRIS Dena warship at Enghelab Square, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 18, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran threatens Gulf energy targets after huge gas field is struck