A newspaper featuring the headline story on indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in Muscat, Oman, is displayed at a newsstand in Tehran, Iran, on April 12, 2025. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images News that the U.S. and Iran had reached an interim deal may have brought some initial relief to…
Oil was in choppy trade on Friday, as markets assess the implications of the interim U.S.-Iran deal and signs that shipping activity through the Strait of Hormuz is recovering. International benchmark Brent crude futures for August fell 0.45% to $79.49 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures for July declined 0.31% to $76.36 per barrel. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Vice…
Three supertankers from Saudi Arabia loaded with 6 million barrels of oil have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the global trade intelligence firm Kpler. The Saudi tankers switched their transponders on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman after hiding their location for more than two months. The crossings come after President…
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026. Ken Cedeno | AFP | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s interim peace deal on Thursday, insisting the United States is not paying the Islamic…
US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses the media during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he liked the idea of blaming Vice President JD Vance if a deal to…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled that he’s open to sending details of the agreement with Iran to members of Congress, as lawmakers from both parties are raising questions, asking to see the accord and saying they should vote on any final deal. Arriving at a bilateral meeting in France with United Arab Emirates President…
Vice President JD Vance said Monday he expects the U.S.-Iran deal will open the Strait of Hormuz without tolls for the long term, but shippers say the arrangement to cross the sea lane remains unclear. “Our expectation is that the strait is going to be opened in a toll-free way for the long term, and…
Vice President JD Vance on Monday said after the U.S. and Iran struck a preliminary deal that there are “a lot” of details that remain to be ironed out, but he expressed confidence that America has “all the cards” in subsequent talks. Vance told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is expected…
A woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran’s national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. U.S. President Donald Trump had a number of reasons to celebrate…
SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chips, front, and a LPDDR5X CAMM2 memory module arranged at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. The…
