Middle East

Published: 7 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "national security emergency" for global energy consumers, Shell Plc has become the final Western oil supermajor to report a "milestone" surge in earnings. The London-based giant posted adjusted first-quarter earnings of $6.92 billion (£5.1 billion), smashing analyst expectations and bypassing the "bottleneck" of production outages caused by the ongoing Iran war. While the conflict has damaged...

Published: 7 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "clinical" and high-stakes pivot for the Epic Fury campaign, Tehran has confirmed it is officially reviewing a 14-point "memorandum of understanding" from the United States aimed at ending the two-month-old war. The development comes as President Donald Trump, speaking from the Oval Office, predicted a "swift end" to the conflict, asserting that "very good talks" have...

Published: 7 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "clinical" and high-stakes display of "asymmetric" diplomacy, President Donald Trump has signaled that a "Complete and Final Agreement" to end the 2026 Iran War is "very possible." Following "great progress" in Pakistan-brokered negotiations, the President has temporarily paused the "Project Freedom" maritime mission in the Strait of Hormuz to allow a diplomatic window. However, the optimism...

Published: 6 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the "clinical silence" of a hillside village in southern Lebanon, the air is no longer filled with the scent of cedar or the sound of morning prayers. Instead, there is the heavy, metallic tang of pulverized concrete. For Hassan Al-Mousawi, life is now measured in two distinct eras: the decades before 10:15 AM on Monday, and the...

Published: 05 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The latest escalation in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, financial systems, and diplomatic channels, as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz intensify and fears of a broader regional war grow. Reports from international monitoring agencies and multiple media outlets indicate a rapidly deteriorating situation involving the United States, Iran, Gulf states, and key...

Published: 5 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The fragile ceasefire in the Persian Gulf has reached a "tipping point" following a series of high-stakes naval skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz. After President Donald Trump launched "Project Freedom"—a U.S. Navy-led operation to escort stranded merchant vessels through the blockaded waterway—Iranian military commanders issued a chilling warning that their forces are "just getting started." The rhetoric...

Published: 4 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As the dust begins to settle on the 2026 Iran War, a chilling new reality is taking hold across the streets of Tehran and Isfahan. While the U.S.–Israeli "decapitation strikes" in February succeeded in assassinating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior figures like Ali Larijani, the predicted collapse of the Islamic Republic has failed to materialize. Instead, the regime...

Published: 02 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A growing chorus of diplomats, policymakers and analysts is pointing to an unexpected outcome of the turbulent geopolitical climate shaped by Donald Trump: the emergence of a new, more diversified global order that could redefine international cooperation for decades to come. While recent years have been marked by conflict, fractured alliances and challenges to international law, there is...

Published: 02 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US president Donald Trump has sparked controversy after comparing American naval operations to piracy, as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East over a growing maritime standoff with Iran. Speaking at a rally in Florida, Trump described a recent US naval operation in strikingly blunt terms, telling supporters that American forces had boarded and seized a vessel...

Published: 30 April 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The morning sun rose over a tense and silent Mediterranean Sea this Thursday morning. News reached the global community that several Australian citizens are currently being held by Israel. These individuals were part of the ambitious Global Sumud flotilla heading toward the Gaza Strip. The mission aimed to deliver hundreds of tonnes of vital aid to the local...