Iran wants to make a “deal” more than the U.S., President Donald Trump said Tuesday, ahead of another round of scheduled talks with Tehran and amid a build up of American forces in the Middle East. Tehran’s refusal to commit to not developing nuclear weapons remains the key sticking point holding up an agreement, Trump…
Oil retreated from a six-month high on Monday after Oman announced that a third round of talks between Washington and Tehran will continue this week in Geneva. Tensions have remained on high alert throughout the Middle East for weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated a strike on Iran could be imminent. Since then, a…
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President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One en route to Florida, at Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Donald Trump said Friday that he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran over its nuclear program. “I guess I can say I am…
A full-blown war between the United States and Iran could, in a worst-case scenario, send oil prices soaring and cause an economic downturn. With a massive U.S. military buildup underway in the Middle East, President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he will decide in the next 10 days whether to launch strikes against Iran. “This…
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, after all three major Wall Street indexes declined overnight pressured by a drop in private credit stocks and Iran-U.S. tensions. Prospects of a strike on Iran have…
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will decide whether to launch military strikes against Iran in the next 10 days. “So now we may have to take it a step further, or we may not,” Trump said at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace. “Maybe we’re going to make a deal. You’re…
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Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said Friday that Venezuela has taken positive steps to protect investment by private oil companies since the Trump administration captured former President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela on Thursday passed reforms to its hydrocarbon law that ease state control of the oil industry and grants private producers more autonomy. Wirth said Chevron is…
Signage at a Chevron gas station in San Mateo, California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chevron on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates as record oil production offset the pinch of lower crude prices. Last year, oil logged its biggest annual price decline since…
