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US companies eye Congo mining assets, including Rubaya, State Dept official says

Large smoke column at the Tuapse oil refinery

Multiple fires at Tuapse oil refinery after drones strikes

"NO MORE MR. NICE GUY.": President Trump says in a new post on Truth Social that Iran committed a "total violation" of the ceasefire agreement by firing at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump also said U.S. representatives are traveling to Islamabad, Pakistan for negotiations, while warning that failure to reach a deal could result in renewed U.S. military action targeting "every single power plant and every single bridge" in Iran. He added that ongoing tensions in the strait are impacting global shipping, while asserting the U.S. stands to benefit economically and hurt Iran to the tune of $500 million a day

US Central Command: The naval blockade on Iran has completely paralyzed Iranian trade and economic operations.

Ukraine’s General Staff reports strikes on four Russian oil-sector sites. Fires are burning at the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran refineries in Samara region, the RPK Vysotsk “Lukoil-2” oil terminal in Leningrad region, and the Tikhoretsk pumping station in Krasnodar region

Smoke rising near Syzran oil refinery as result of drone strikes

Drones have attacked Vysotsk port in Leningrad region

The U.S. Treasury is extending sanctions relief on Russian oil for another month, until May 16. Just two days ago, @SecScottBessent assured there would be no further exemptions

Oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk of Samara region of Russia is on fire as result of drone strike

Hormuz is open, but US Naval Blockade will remain in full force says US President Donald Trump

Power blackout at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant for the 2nd time in several days

Another fuel reservoir exploded in Tuapse

Oil depot was attacked in Bakhchysarai overnight

Substation "Yuzhnaya" is on fire near Belgorod

Fire at the oil refinery in Tuapse after explosions overnight

Bessent says U.S. won't be renewing waivers for Iranian and Russian oil

Russia's GDP contracted by 1.8% in January-February, -Putin said

North Korea is showing a "very serious increase" in its ability to produce nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says

The Trump administration eased financial sanctions on Venezuela to stabilize its struggling economy and address protests against low wages. This change allows major state banks, including the Banco Central de Venezuela, to use U.S. dollars, access oil revenues

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said interest-rate cuts may be pushed back by the surge in energy prices due to the Iran War

Trump: Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World. Tragic... Aberdeen should be booming. Norway sells its North Sea Oil to the U.K. at double the price. They are making a fortune. U.K., which is better situated on the North Sea for purposes of energy than Norway, should, DRILL, BABY, DRILL... It is absolutely crazy that they don’t… AND, NO MORE WINDMILLS

Two ships from Iran are crossing the Strait of Hormuz despite the US blockade. Source: Kpler intelligence

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that a pipeline carrying Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia, which was damaged in Moscow's strikes, would reopen by the end of April

Explosions were reported at the substation near Melitopol

Joint statement from the IMF, World Bank and the IEA: The impact of the war is large, global and extremely disproportionate

The price of physical crude oil cargoes for prompt delivery to Europe hit a record high near $150 a barrel on Monday and those for Africa hit new peaks, according to LSEG data and traders

The U.S. military has started a blockade of ships entering or leaving Iran's ports, after weekend talks on ending the war broke down

Russia begins final phase of evacuation of staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Explosions were reported in Cherepovets