Day News Recap: US Iran conflict widens as oil spikes, wildfires rage and protests spread
US President Donald Trump said the United States would attack the Pickaxe mountain near Natanz in central Iran very soon, while also warning that Iran would pay after American service members were killed, marking a sharp new escalation in the confrontation. đź”— đź”—The conflict is already rippling through energy markets, with Brent crude up 23% over the period and average petrol prices in the United States rising to $4.00 a gallon as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz thins. ASEAN foreign ministers in Manila voiced serious concern about spillover from the war and the risk to regional energy supplies, while... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 21 Jul 2026 18:21 LONDON
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Breakfast News Recap: US Iran conflict widens as trade, shipping and diplomacy tensions mount
The biggest escalation came in the US Iran confrontation, with Donald Trump saying Iran will pay after multiple American service members were killed, while Tehran said it had targeted US radar and air defence sites in Kuwait and Bahrain as the Gulf standoff widened. 🔗 🔗That conflict is already feeding through to energy markets, with average petrol prices in the United States rising to $4.00 a gallon for a second straight week as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil higher and traffic through the waterway thinned. 🔗Maritime security across the wider region also deteriorated, as Yemen's Houthis объявed... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 21 Jul 2026 08:40 LONDON
India pushes Chenab hydropower buildout and signals readiness to renegotiate Indus Waters Treaty
India is pushing for faster development of a series of hydropower projects on the Chenab river and is signalling that the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan would need to be renegotiated before any return to normal cooperation, according to government sources. The move comes a year after New Delhi put the six-decade-old water-sharing pact in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack. The projects are being presented by officials as part of India's wider water-security and clean-energy strategy.Government sources said the priority is the speedy completion of five Chenab projects with a combined capacity of more than 5,000 megawatts. Those named... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 21 Jul 2026 01:30 LONDON
