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Egypt is the canary in the coal mine for a global debt crisis

Egypt, highly indebted and suffering from double-digit inflation, is fully exposed to price shockwaves unleashed by the Iran war...

Published on: 10 Apr 2026

Energy crisis reaches Cairo as Egyptians ration power and brace for a potential food crisis

Egypt seemed entirely insulated from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but rising energy prices indicate otherwise...

Published on: 30 Mar 2026

Iran threatens to lay mines along entire Persian Gulf ahead of Trump’s Hormuz deadline

Tehran said targets would include desalination plants, whose destruction could cripple the river-free Gulf economies...

Published on: 23 Mar 2026

Hezbollah, Israel and the battle for Lebanon’s future

As war shatters Lebanon yet again, the country fights for its future on two fronts...

Published on: 20 Mar 2026

The Hormuz crisis instantly exposed the risks of rolling back green and cleantech agendas

Countries with plenty of renewable and nuclear sources are navigating the energy crisis much better...

Published on: 20 Mar 2026

Expanded Israeli evacuation order creating ghost towns in southern Lebanon

Hundreds of thousands are internally displaced, with evacuation zone now covering almost 15 per cent of the country...

Published on: 18 Mar 2026

Israel expands its ground invasion of southern Lebanon to try to eliminate Hezbollah fighters

Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Britain pleaded for de-escalation and for immediate peace talks...

Published on: 16 Mar 2026

‘Party today because tomorrow we die’: In Lebanon, heaven and hell sit cheek by jowl

Even as Israeli air strikes continue to pound South Beirut, the nightclubs of the northern suburbs are full of revellers...

Published on: 15 Mar 2026

Mass funeral reinforces Lebanese belief that the Israel-Hezbollah war primarily hurts civilians

A single missile struck a four-storey apartment building in coastal Sidon, killing 11 Palestinians...

Published on: 14 Mar 2026

Hormuz energy crisis is punishing poor Mideast countries and could lead to Lebanon’s collapse

The region is often thought of as being awash with oil. That’s not remotely the case for all countries...

Published on: 13 Mar 2026

Signs of misery, bravery and civic duty as Beirut is overwhelmed by displaced Lebanese

Inside Beirut’s main stadium and in hotels, schools and cinemas, displaced families search for safety as conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates...

By Eric Reguly, Siegfried Modola

Published on: 12 Mar 2026

Maronite priest killed in reported Israeli strike becomes martyr for Lebanese of all faiths

Pierre al-Rahi vowed to stay in his village ‘until death’ as Israel invaded southern Lebanon...

Published on: 11 Mar 2026

Flying (comfortably) once again into the Lebanese war zone by the sea

The flight was fine, and everything seemed normal when we landed, until it wasn’t...

Published on: 10 Mar 2026

G7 countries to discuss tapping strategic oil reserves as prices smash through US$100 a barrel

Economists predict no quick reversal of energy costs...

Published on: 09 Mar 2026

The Iran war is propelling Germany into another energy crisis – one made worse by Berlin’s epic mistakes

Energy policy for the past 25 years has been illogical to the point of madness...

Published on: 06 Mar 2026

Tanker attack in the northern Persian Gulf boosts oil and gas prices, signals Iran war is widening

Marks the first time a ship was hit beyond the Strait of Hormuz area...

Published on: 05 Mar 2026

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran’s reclusive hard-liner is expected to replace his father as supreme leader

In recent years, as his father grew frail, Iranians believe Mojtaba became the shadow supreme leader...

Published on: 04 Mar 2026

Markets calmer after Trump vows to protect oil and gas ships at the Hormuz chokepoint

Israel pledges to assassinate Iran’s next leader, who could be Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba...

Published on: 04 Mar 2026

How the war against Iran is choking global energy supply

Commercial traffic has effectively halted in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow channel between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea that carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas...

By The Decibel Staff, Sherrill Sutherland, Eric Reguly

Published on: 04 Mar 2026

Energy markets face global supply shock as Middle East war widens

If necessary, President Trump says U.S. Navy will escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz...

By Jeffrey Jones, Brent Jang, Eric Reguly

Published on: 04 Mar 2026

Energy prices climb, and stock and bond markets fall, as investors fear drawn-out Iran war

Rising gas prices have far outpaced oil prices as economists warn a prolonged spike could stoke inflation...

Published on: 03 Mar 2026

Oil and gas leap and stocks slump as war in Iran intensifies

Tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz came to a virtual standstill, sending crude prices high but not to crisis levels...

Published on: 02 Mar 2026