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Democratic members of U.S. Congress visit Cuba and compare U.S. energy embargo to ‘silent Gaza’
Four Democratic members of U.S. Congress who traveled to Cuba this weekend described the energy embargo imposed on the island by U.S. President Donald Trump as turning the island into a “silent Gaza.”
Trump reimposes Iran blockade and U.S. will control Strait of Hormuz
President Trump said Monday the U.S. will take control of the Strait of Hormuz, block Iranian ships and get paid by other wealthy nations for safeguarding commercial traffic through the waterway.
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U.S. Central Command said Sunday the Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to "lawfully transit" and insisted that Iran does not control the waterway, despite recent strikes on commercial ships.
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Solar-powered tricycles help Cubans navigate fuel shortages and blackouts
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U.S. and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Mideast; sirens sound in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
U.S.-Iran ceasefire collapses amid new strikes as Trump mulls restarting war
The U.S. launched new strikes on Iran, Central Command announced Wednesday, as the two sides moved closer to resuming full hostilities.
The tenuous state of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire renews anxiety over high fuel prices
The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf.
U.S. airlines’ monthly fuel spending topped $6 billion again in May, up 84% from year ago
U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, the second straight month that fuel costs topped $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday.
Trump team pushes state AGs to investigate high gas prices
The Trump administration wants state attorneys general to join federal investigators in probing alleged antitrust and consumer protection violations causing high gas prices.
Ukraine targets eight Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers in drone attack
Ukrainian long-range drones struck eight oil tankers in the Sea of Azov that Kyiv said were part of the Kremlin's "shadow fleet" of sanctioned vessels sent to deliver fuel to the Russia-controlled Crimean Peninsula.
Three ships hit by projectiles while in Strait of Hormuz
A tanker ship was struck by an unidentified projectile Tuesday while traveling near Omani waters in the Strait of Hormuz, according to maritime authorities.
Tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz
A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.
Alberta and Ontario propose a pipeline to carry western Canada’s oil to the east
Alberta and Ontario proposed a pipeline Monday to carry western Canadian oil east and eventually to Atlantic export terminals as Canada seeks new markets beyond the United States, reviving a project that was abandoned nearly a decade ago.
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and aging grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as the country's fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
Cartels reverse smuggling routes to net billions sneaking gasoline from Texas into Mexico
Mexico's smuggling cartels, who have long made money smuggling illegally obtained oil into the U.S., are also smuggling fuel back into Mexico in a scheme to sell the product at full cost while ducking taxes, according to American authorities.