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April 17, 2026 — A 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire opened a narrow de-escalation window, but sanctions pressure and contested shipping rules kept the wider Gulf crisis unresolved.

fragile thaw · 14 stories · PGI: 6.9

April 16, 2026 — The Gulf crisis is no longer a headline shock; it is now rewriting energy routes, growth forecasts, and shipping risk across continents.

strained · 17 stories · PGI: 8.2

April 15, 2026 — Washington's blockade of Iranian ports turned a fragile ceasefire into a live test of energy security, shipping access, and great-power restraint.

tense but broadening · 16 stories · PGI: 8.1

April 13, 2026 — Washington and Tehran left ceasefire talks without a deal, and the Strait of Hormuz moved from bargaining chip back to potential battlefield.

tense · 15 stories · PGI: 8.1

April 12, 2026 — U.S. and Iranian officials opened face-to-face talks in Islamabad, turning a ceasefire headline into the world’s most important test of whether war can actually de-risk shipping, sanctions and regional escalation.

fragile de-escalation · 16 stories · PGI: 8.2

April 11, 2026 — The U.S.-Iran ceasefire has held on paper, but the Strait of Hormuz is still constrained and Lebanon is still volatile.

fragile · 16 stories · PGI: 7.4

April 10, 2026 — The U.S.-Iran ceasefire has shifted the war's center of gravity from missiles to enforcement, with Hormuz traffic and Lebanon now deciding whether the truce is real.

fragile de-escalation · 17 stories · PGI: 8.1

April 9, 2026 — The Strait of Hormuz shock has moved off battlefield maps and into fuel bills, food prices, medicine stocks, and factory inputs across continents.

brittle · 17 stories · PGI: 8.4

April 7, 2026 — The Gulf shock has moved from oil screens to kitchen tables as fuel, food, water and medicine costs rise across four continents.

brittle · 17 stories · PGI: 8

April 5, 2026 — The Iran war claimed its first American jet as oil hit $141 and a UN agency warned 45 million people face starvation if the Hormuz blockade holds.

escalation · 19 stories · PGI: 9

April 4, 2026 — Iran shot down a US F-15E — first American aircraft lost in five weeks of war — as Iranian missiles struck a Kuwait desalination plant supplying drinking water to millions.

Escalation · 14 stories · PGI: 8

April 3, 2026 — Trump promised 2–3 more weeks of strikes on Iran, and the shockwave hit fuel pumps, chip factories, and food prices across four continents before he finished speaking.

escalating · 16 stories · PGI: 8.2

March 31, 2026 — 318 million people now face acute hunger — and every dollar oil rises pushes…

Escalating · 25 stories · PGI: 8

March 30, 2026 — Iran just split the global energy market in two — five friendly nations get…

Volatile · 25 stories · PGI: 8

March 29, 2026 — Day 29: Iran hit five countries in one night. Every system — energy, food,…

Cascading · 25 stories · PGI: 8.1

March 28, 2026 — Israel bombed Iran's nuclear reactors while the world waits for a deal that…

Escalation · 22 stories · PGI: 8.2

March 27, 2026 — Iran said no. Oil hit $106. The March 28 strike deadline expires tomorrow —…

Countdown · 24 stories · PGI: 9

March 26, 2026 — Two days before the strike pause expires, Iran rejected the US peace plan —…

Volatile · 26 stories · PGI: 6.4

March 25, 2026 — The Iran war stopped being a Middle East story — it's now shutting down…

Volatile · 22 stories · PGI: 7.2

March 24, 2026 — An oil war 7,000km away just shortened children's school week in Laos to…

Fractured · 24 stories · PGI: 9

March 23, 2026 — Trump gives Iran 48 hours before striking power plants — but the real crisis…

Escalatory · 31 stories · PGI: 9

March 22, 2026 — America is bombing Iran's nuclear plants while quietly lifting sanctions on…

Escalating · 29 stories · PGI: 6.2

March 21, 2026 — American jets are hunting Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz while…

Volatile · 33 stories · PGI: 9

March 20, 2026 — The war's justification just collapsed publicly. Almost nobody is saying so.

Fractured · 38 stories · PGI: 8.2

March 19, 2026 — US-Israel Strike Kills Khamenei as Iran War Widens

volatile · 13 stories

March 18, 2026 — US-Israel Airstrike Kills Iran's Security Chief Larijani

escalating · 5 stories

March 17, 2026 — US-Israel Strikes Kill Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei

tense · 12 stories

March 16, 2026 — Oil hits $100, mines block Hormuz, and ten die at a US consulate

volatile · 13 stories

March 15, 2026 — Iran Blockade Traps 1,000 Ships at Strait of Hormuz

tense · 13 stories

March 14, 2026 — Trump Lifts Russian Oil Sanctions Amid Iran Crisis

tense · 12 stories

March 10, 2026 — Oil hits $119, markets crash, and Iran's new supreme leader launches missiles

Anxious · 12 stories

March 9, 2026 — U.S. and Israel Strike Five Iranian Oil Facilities

Anxious · 11 stories

March 8, 2026 — War defines the morning — Iran-Israel-US conflict spreads across Middle East

Tense · 70 stories

March 7, 2026 — US-Israel-Iran war escalates as Gulf states intercept missile barrages

Alarmed · 60 stories

March 6, 2026 — The Gulf is on fire. Iran's supreme leader is dead.

On edge · 24 stories

March 5, 2026 — Major escalation in Iran-Israel-US conflict reshapes global energy and security

Tense · 30 stories

March 4, 2026 — Middle East conflict escalates as Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, oil jumps 13%

Tense · 36 stories

March 3, 2026 — US-Israeli war on Iran dominates, Supreme Leader killed, region ablaze

Tense · 36 stories

March 2, 2026 — Iran conflict explodes into Gulf-wide crisis as tanker attacks halt Hormuz…

Crisis · 2 stories

March 1, 2026 — API test

Tense · 34 stories · PGI: 5.56

February 28, 2026 — Geopolitical tensions surge across three fronts — US-Iran nuclear talks,…

Tense · 25 stories · PGI: 6.15

February 27, 2026 — AI crossed a line — hackers used it to breach a government

Charged · 33 stories · PGI: 5.6

February 26, 2026 — Courts, cartels, and armies all flexed power at once — on three continents.

charged · 34 stories

February 25, 2026 — Military escalation and regional pushback converge as Trump administration…

Unmoored. · 34 stories

February 24, 2026 — Tariff escalation sends markets into retreat globally; climate chaos…

Uneasy. · 39 stories

February 23, 2026 — Escalating geopolitical brinkmanship + policy uncertainty reshaping trade,…

Cautious · 37 stories

February 22, 2026 — Geopolitical tensions rising (Japan-China-Taiwan, US-Iran military buildup,…

Tense · 11 stories

February 21, 2026 — Policy fragmentation accelerating. US removes climate from global energy…

Fragmented · 52 stories

February 20, 2026 — Institutional momentum vs. political disruption — systems push forward…

Urgent. Fractured. · 61 stories

February 19, 2026 — Sovereignty theatre meets interconnection crisis — military escalation and…

Fractured. · 16 stories

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