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The Iran war now has a price tag ( billion), but still no end date

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end. (Image credit: Rod Lamkey Jr.) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Oil price jumps above 7 after reports of 'extended' Iran blockade

Oil price jumps above $117 after reports of ‘extended’ Iran blockade

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter, said that the impact of the war so far in the UK has been largely limited to higher petrol and diesel prices, but “every day that passes without a resumption of supply sees the risk of physical shortages and...
Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home

Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

In the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Former US officials criticise Pentagon silence on deadly Iran school attack

Former US officials criticise Pentagon silence on deadly Iran school attack

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

Annie Shiel, a former US official who worked on civilian harm reduction at the state department, said previous cases followed a pattern where the US had “come out and said ‘it was not us’, only for media and [non governmental organisation] reporting...
South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years in prison

South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years in prison

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

An appeals court sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to 7 years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.(Image credit: Ahn Young-joon) Article Attribution | Read More at Article...
Could this conference be a 'turning point' for the world's use of fossil fuels?

Could this conference be a ‘turning point’ for the world’s use of fossil fuels?

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas, and coal.(Image credit: Raul Arboleda) Article Attribution | Read More at Article...
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