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Trump links Abraham Accords to any Iran deal

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on artificial intelligence at the \"Winning the AI Race\" Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

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Will Gulf states find new oil pipelines fast enough to reduce Hormuz reliance?

This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, on April 21, 2026. Oil prices had been climbing earlier as investors worried about a lack of progress in ending the Middle East crisis, with Tehran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US maintaining a blockade of Iranian ports. (Photo by Meysam MIRZADEH / TASNIM NEWS / AFP) /

The end of Dubai? After the war, the UAE faces a hard road back to its shining past

Smoke billows from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, United Arab Emirates, on March 1.

UAE leaves OPEC and OPEC+ in huge blow to global oil producers’ group

OPEC Gulf producers have already been struggling to ship exports through the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes.

Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss response to Iranian strikes

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Bahrain's King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa ahead of an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war two months ago, In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2026. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

Gulf states worry US-Iran talks may cement Tehran’s ‘golden’ grip on Hormuz

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

The Iran war is accelerating the petrodollar’s decline

Like the stricken Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura refinery complex (above), the petrodollar has suffered a blow from Iranian attacks as Tehran looks to other currencies in payment for its oil.

Trump claims Iran ‘wants to work a deal’ as US begins Hormuz blockade

A billboard declaring the Strait of Hormuz belonging to Iran on a building in Tehran, on April 13, 2026.

China and Russia veto UN resolution on protecting Hormuz shipping

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote during at a United Nations Security Council meeting on a Hormuz resolution at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

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