Supply disruptions caused by the Iran war has countries lining up to buy fuel from Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s mega-refinery bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Alert🚨: The US government is starting the process of lawfare against Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, trying to do to him what they have done to Maduro.

China and Russia are delaying fertilizer shipments to Nigeria as the Iran war shakes up the global supply chain for the crucial crop nutrients bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Helium: It's a vital cryo coolant for hospital MRI machines, but supplies of the rare gas are tied up with the LNG fuel market. Helium from radioactive decay gets trapped in gas wells and is cryo-distilled: No gas, no helium. This is only the tip of the petrochemical iceberg...

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish man who was charged with terrorism after allegedly showing support for Palestine Action has had his case thrown out in what is thought to be a UK first

The US has asked India to use its facilities in the western part of the country to bomb Iran. Modi has signed LEMOA with the US in 2016 and he is now bound by that agreement to let Indian airports and ports for the American military use.

BREAKING: The Trump Administration has made "detailed preparations" for deploying US ground forces into Iran, per CBS News. Details include: 1. Senior military commanders have sent Trump specific requests aimed at preparing for a ground invasion 2. Trump has been

The situation in the bond market is equally, if not more, concerning than what is happening with oil prices. But, it’s barely getting any attention. Yet.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇦🇪 Iran warns it will target UAE's Ras al-Khaimah if Gulf islands near Strait of Hormuz are attacked again.

What just happened? At 2:30 PM ET today, CBS News reported that President Trump was considering "boots on the ground" in Iran. Then, at 3:43 PM ET, President Trump said "I don't want to do a ceasefire with Iran," with the S&P 500 hitting a new 2026 low. Exactly 90 minutes

The S&P 500 dropped 1.5%, the Nasdaq 100 plunged 1.8% to six-month lows while the Dow Jones lost 0.8% to four-month lows on Friday amid escalating Middle East conflict and surging energy prices

The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 1.7% to 31,317 on Friday as the Canadian benchmark tracked its fourth straight weekly loss amid escalating Middle East conflict and surging energy costs

The Ibovespa tumbled 2.3% to 176,219 on Friday marking its fourth consecutive weekly decline amid intensifying Middle East conflict

WTI crude oil futures rose toward $98 per barrel as investors monitored the latest escalations in the Middle Eastern conflict. Markets are now pricing in actual supply destruction as Iraq declared force majeure on all oilfields and drone strikes hit Kuwaiti refineries.

Top commodity gainers are Heating Oil (7.59%), Gasoline (5.82%), Brent Crude Oil (3.54%) and Crude Oil WTI (2.66%). Biggest losers are Methanol (-6.42%), Germany Natural Gas THE (-4.14%) and Natural Gas EU (-4.13%)

Top currency losers are Brazilian Real (-1.79%), South Korean Won (-1.11%), Australian Dollar (-0.99%), Japanese Yen (-0.94%), British Pound (-0.67%) and Euro (-0.14%). Gains are led by Dollar Index (0.27%).

Remove the sanctions on Iran today and all the investments in the Gulf will flow to Iran because they have the resources, educated workforce and manufacturing infrastructure which the Arabs lack. So Arabs would love to see another Iraq in Iran. Fragile Arab economies wont survive

NO TANKERS LOADED WITH CRUDE OIL HAVE SAILED THROUGH HORMUZ IN PAST 24 HOURS – DATA, MARKET ASSESSMENTS

An oil tanker operator paid Iran a $2 million fee for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, per FT. Iran is now charging "favored" countries millions per oil tanker for safe passage through Hormuz.

BBG-Bond traders are scrambling for a new strategy after the oil shock triggered scuppered a popular wager on Fed cuts. By Friday, sentiment had flipped to such a degree that traders now bet the central bank might need to hike to combat inflation.