Vorschau ansehenKaty Perry during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Katy Perry is under investigation for sexual assault in Australia.
The singer, who is currently dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is under investigation by police in Melbourne over an incident that took place 16 years ago.
The accusation comes from Ruby Rose, an Australian model and actress.
Victoria police said in a statement.
“Melbourne sexual offences and child abuse investigation team (SOCIT) detectives are investigating [an alleged] historical sexual assault that occurred in Melbourne in 2010.”
“Police have been told the incident occurred at a licensed premises in Melbourne’s CBD.”
“As the investigation remains ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”
The investigation comes days after Rose made allegations about Perry’s behavior on social media.
“Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub in Melbourne,” she wrote in reaction to a post detailing Perry’s reaction to Justin Bieber’s performance at the Coachella music festival.
”Who gives a shit what she thinks,” she added.
Rose claimed that Perry had rubbed her “disgusting vagina” on her face, causing her to vomit.
Ruby Rose has accused Katy Perry of sexually assaulting her around 20 years ago.
She alleges Perry rubbed her “disgusting v**ina” on her face, causing Rose to vomit. She adds that she filed a police report regarding the incident a few hours ago. pic.twitter.com/2qeRxhBm7E
Representatives for Perry have vociferously denied the claims.
“The allegations being circulated on social media by Ruby Rose about Katy Perry are not only categorically false, they are dangerous reckless lies.”
”Ms Rose has a well-documented history of making serious public allegations on social media against various individuals, claims that have repeatedly been denied by those named.”
Rose has since said that the accusation is allowing her to “start the healing process” and “move forward.
“As of this afternoon, I have finalized all of my reports,” she wrote on social media yesterday.
”This means I am no longer able to comment, repost, or talk publicly about any of those cases, or the individuals involved.”
“This is a standard request from the police and in many ways, quite the relief.“
As well as dating Trudeau, she remains a vocal supporter of the Democrat Party, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and later backing Joe Biden in 2020.
She is also known for promoting causes such as LGBT rights and voter turnout.
Brian Cole, 30, of Woodridge, Virginia, was taken into custody in December and charged with use of an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials.
Cole initially admitted to investigators that he planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters on January 5, the night before the Capitol riot.
However, Cole pleaded not guilty to the charges this year.
The FBI identified Cole based on his phone pings and transaction history on his credit cards, according to an affidavit.
The FBI has identified one bank checking account and six credit cards (the “Accounts”) used by COLE. The FBI obtained records for the checking account and three credit cards for the time period January 2018 to January 2021. Three additional credit cards were obtained for the time period of January 2018 to November 2025. The FBI reviewed the transaction history for all of these Accounts.
Cole’s family said he is an “autistic recluse” and “computer nerd” who lived in the basement of his parents’ Woodbridge, Virginia, home.
Brian Cole’s grandmother told The Daily Mail that her grandson has no party affiliation and that he is not a Trump supporter.
Cole’s attorneys argued that their client is covered by President Trump’s blanket January 6 pardons.
Earlier this month, Brian Cole’s lawyers filed a motion for early return of subpoenas and publicly disclosed information about the DOJ’s review of Capitol Police Officer Shauni Kerkhoff’s alleged role in January 6.
As TGP’s Brian Lupo previously reported, in a motion filed a couple of weeks ago, Brian Cole’s lawyers alleged, “according to discovery produced by the government in this case,” “the FBI began investigating, questioning, and covertly surveilling” Kerkhoff “during the time it began investigating Mr. Cole.”
On November 6, 2025, Kerkhoff was interviewed by the FBI and took a polygraph examination.
“She was asked two relevant questions: (1) “Did you place those pipe bombs?” and (2) “Did you place those pipe bombs that evening?” Ms. Kerkhoff failed the polygraph. The FBI polygraph examiner noted Kerkhoff’s “very controlled reaction to the news of her failing the polygraph and seemingly rehearsed responses to the examiner’s questions.”” the motion said.
Later that day, the Justice Department moved to hold Brian Cole’s lawyers in contempt for violating a protective order and publicly posting allegations against former Capitol Police officer Shauni Kerkhoff.
The motion filed by Brian Cole’s lawyers was removed from the public docket.
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Italy’s decision has little immediate impact, but marks an unprecedented U-turn by one of Israel's staunchest allies.
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In a Fox Business interview, Trump says he will fire Powell if he does not vacate his board seat when his term ends.
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Vorschau ansehenSgt. Erik Duran/Image via The National Police Defense Foundation
During Tuesday night’s game between the New York Islanders and the Carolina Hurricanes on Long Island, hockey fans rallied to help jailed ex-NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran, during a fundraising push to help him in his fight to overturn the controversial sentence handed down by a far-left judge.
In August 2023, fleeing drug suspect Eric Duprey died after a Duran tossed a cooler he grabbed from a local family’s sidewalk table at him. Duprey, who was fleeing a Bronx buy-and-bust drug sting at the time, was knocked off his bike. Duprey died from injuries following the incident.
Duran was charged with second-degree manslaughter in January 2024.
Last week, The New York Post reported that radical Bronx Judge Guy Mitchell handed Duran a sentence of 3 to 9 years in prison despite pleas from the father of three to show mercy.
“Your honor, I am asking for a chance to be there with my kids. I am asking for a chance, just one,” Duran said.
During the Islanders game, the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association shared a fundraiser for Duran on the Jumbotron to help him raise funds to overturn the harsh sentence.
“This is all about Erik’s family,” said union head Vincent Vallelong, who was joined at the game by Post executive Patrick Judge, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky and other SBA members.
“Whatever it takes to get him out, is exactly what it is everyone on this board believes and everybody in law enforcement is going to do at this point. The message is that basically, this is going to affect law enforcement across the nation. They all feel that this can happen in their cities.”
Islanders fans were given the option to donate directly to the fund, which had already raised $40,000 as of Tuesday morning, via a QR code displayed on the jumbotron.
A portion of Tuesday night’s 50/50 raffle that took in nearly $45,000 will also go toward the legal fund launched Monday by the SBA to help Duran appeal his conviction.
The fundraiser, spearheaded by The National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF) notes, “In August 2023, Sgt. Erik Duran, a highly decorated member of the NYPD, was supervising a “buy and bust” operation in the Bronx. One of the suspects attempted to evade capture by mounting a nearby motorcycle and driving it on the sidewalk, directly at responding officers. Fearing that his officers would be seriously injured or killed by fleeing felon Eric Duprey, Sgt. Duran grabbed an Igloo cooler and hurled it at Duprey to divert him from crashing into his officers, their prisoner, or bystanders.”
“Sgt. Duran’s actions saved the lives of innocent civilians nearby, his officers and their prisoner. Unfortunately, suspect Duprey, a known member of the Trinitarios street gang who was not wearing a helmet, was killed. Attorney General Leticia James chose to prosecute the Sergeant for Manslaughter, and after a bench trial in February 2026, Sgt. Duran was found guilty of Second-degree Manslaughter.”
“On April 9th, 2026, Judge Guy Mitchell sentenced the former Sergeant to three to nine years in prison, and he was immediately taken into custody after sentencing in what the National Police Defense Foundation believes is a blatant miscarriage of justice. We believe that Sgt. Duran never intended for the suspect to be injured or killed. The sole predicate for his actions that day was to protect his officers, other suspects and bystanders from Duprey, who recklessly fled at a high rate of speed along a pedestrian walkway created a clear and present danger of death or serious bodily injuries to others, thereby justifying the Sergeant’s actions.”
“At the direction of Executive Director Joseph Occhipinti and the Executive Board, the National Police Defense Foundation has created the Sgt. Erik Duran Legal Defense Fund. We encourage all our members to donate whatever they can so that bail can be arranged for the former Sergeant pending appeal.”
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Péter Magyar's triumph in Hungary offers a glimpse of what Israel's opposition, led by Naftali Bennett – our own Magyar – could deliver by unseating Netanyahu: relief from corruption and populism, but little more than a return to normalcy
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In 'The Future Is Peace,' Maoz Inon, whose parents were killed on October 7, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother died from torture in an Israeli prison, share their pain and their hope of building understanding. In an interview, they explain why they're stance is not naïve
Vorschau ansehenLook into his eyes: Harvey Weinstein on trial again in NYC
Creepy talk from Tinseltown’s fallen mogul.
Every chance he has, disgraced Hollywood producer and alleged serial rapist Harvey Weinstein proclaims his innocence, and says that his accusers were nothing but greedy women ‘marching to the money pile’.
But, according to prosecutors in New York, out of the spotlights, he has a different story to tell.
As his third Manhattan sex crimes trial kicked off, Weinstein allegedly made gross, unacceptable remarks about his crimes.
DA says Weinstein made brazen comment to court officer: ‘You would have done the exact same thing’ https://t.co/FiFKqmw7CW
“’If you had seen these girls, you would have done the exact same thing’, the disgraced Hollywood producer allegedly told a court officer.
Weinstein, 74, made the creepy comment in 2020 at his first sex crimes trial in Manhattan Supreme Court, Assistant District Attorney Candace White asserted.”
The outrageous alleged statement was reported to the District Attorney’s Office last week — six years after the officer heard it.
“Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber questioned why it took the officer so long to report the incident, which prompted Weinstein’s attorney Marc Agnifilo to describe the claim as ‘farfetched’.
‘This missed notice by six years’, Agnifilo said, urging the judge not to allow the remark to be brought up during the latest trial.”
Prosecutors said they will only bring up the comments if Weinstein decides to testify in his own defense.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has stepped back from an appearance in the French city of Marseille after authorities said they would seek to ban the concert.
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Treating cancer is big business and one that makes the big pharmaceutical companies massive amounts of cash. In 2024 alone, cancer treatments generated at least $200 billion in worldwide sales for the pharmaceutical industry. This is more than generated by the booming obesity drug rush.
Unfortunately, according to a Bloomberg analysis, fewer than half of treatments they reviewed — some of which have painful side effects — have been shown to extend patients’ lives.
Given the massive profit motive it shouldn’t be surprising that big pharma has shown zero interest in low-cost cancer treatments. Indeed, off-label use of of anti-parasitic drugs like ivermectin and mebendazole have demonstrated highly promising anti-cancer activity in preclinical models. But despite compelling preclinical data and documented safe use in cancer patients, robust clinical evidence evaluating the ivermectin–mebendazole combination in oncology remains limited.
This is exactly why Dr. Peter McCullough, and a number of his colleagues at The Wellness Company, have recently authored a first of its kind study of the application of Ivermectin+Mebendazole in the treatment of cancer.
The results of this study are nothing short of groundbreaking.
84.4% reported clinical benefit (no evidence of disease, tumor shrinkage, or stable disease)
48.4% reported the strongest positive outcomes — tumor shrinkage or no current evidence of disease
86.9% completed their initial prescription with most side effects reported as mild
These two Nobel Prize-recognized and FDA-approved compounds work through a dual-action mechanism: Ivermectin disrupts tumor growth pathways and triggers cancer cell death (apoptosis), while Mebendazole starves abnormal cells by blocking their ability to absorb glucose. Together, in one compounded capsule, they deliver a protocol that patients could actually follow — and did.
According to Dr. McCullough, “This study reveals an exciting new potential that should expand the consideration of ivermectin and mebendazole for inclusion in the treatment of multiple cancer types. We urgently need a full-fledged scientific investigation into this class of medications and their impact on cancer treatment.”
What Does this Potential Breakthrough mean for You?
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And here’s what makes it worse: you feel powerless. You’re told there’s only one path — the conventional path — and questioning it makes you a “difficult person.”
Meanwhile, you watch the side effects pile up, the bills multiply, and the uncertainty eat away at your peace of mind. You’re left wondering: Is this really the best we can do?
We need effective options that work with the body — not against it — that are accessible, affordable, and backed by real clinical data.
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In response to the ruling, which awarded compensation to the protesters, the prosecution said it had 'refused to submit to the court with an answer that did not faithfully reflect the events from a factual and legal perspective.' Police chief Levy said that the force would 'secure external legal representation to defend our officers'
The frontrunner to be California’s next governor has perhaps released the nation’s most radical immigration platform, but is not practicing what he preaches.
Radical billionaire and Democrat donor Tom Steyer, who launched a short-lived run for president in 2020, has now emerged as the person to beat after Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race due to major sexual assault allegations Steyer has already burned through over $100 million to buy the election.
On Tuesday, Steyer released an immigration platform so far to the left that he almost makes Gavin Newsom look like President Trump on the issue.
Not only does he want to abolish ICE completely and throw agents in jail, but he also wants to ensure California taxpayers pay for every dime to support legal representation for illegals.
Steyer is even vowing to ignore a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of ICE. And people have the gall to call Trump a tyrant?
Read Steyer’s immigration platform and weep:
– Abolish ICE – Put ICE agents in jail & “treat them like the mob”.
– Bring those “kidnapped & detained by ICE back home.” – Give CA AG power to imprison ICE agents & their leadership.
– Taxpayer-funded legal representation & support for illegal aliens.
– Ignore a SCOTUS ruling that allows ICE to utilize race, language, job, and location to contribute to “reasonable suspicion” for immigration arrests, and instead, “California should take matters into our own hands and extend legal protections to its residents, despite the federal government’s failure.”
NEW: CA gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) releases an immigration platform that is radically left of Gov. Newsom. It includes:
– Abolish ICE
– Put ICE agents in jail & “treat them like the mob”.
– Bring those “kidnapped & detained by ICE back home.”
– Give CA AG power to… https://t.co/XqM8eK7Hhf
But Steyer seemed at one point to be okay with putting illegal aliens into custody as long as it enhances his bottom line. As The New York Post reported, the billionaire Democrat once invested almost $90 million in a company responsible for some of California’s largest immigration detention center.
Steyer founded a hedge fund named Farallon Capital Management in 1986. Under his management, the fund put money into CoreCivic, which runs private prisons. Farallon’s shares in the company were valued at $89.1 million at one point.
Now, the company runs five facilities in California, according to its website. At least two of them house people detained by federal immigration agents — one near San Diego and another in Kern County.
Steyer, who sold his stake in the Farallon back in 2012, is now attempting to do damage control as his poll numbers rise.
“We never had anything to do with running the company,” Steyer said in an interview with the Sacramento Bee. “But it was a mistake to think that that was a place where it was decent to make money.”
Vorschau ansehenFormer Irish Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae (center) – photo by Houses of the Oireachtas/Wiki Commons
Ireland is erupting against the government.
We have been following the massive protests taking place across Ireland on TGP, as angry citizens protest the cost of fuel and the government’s suicidal energy policies.
Yesterday, the Irish coalition survived a confidence vote in Parliament over how it handled a week of disruption with demonstrations blocking access to oil supplies, causing gas pumps to run dry and creating massive traffic jams.
BREAKING: THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN IRELAND HAS FAILED
It was a relatively close vote with a split of 92 to 78.
“Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin defended his coalition government by saying it had acted to end the ‘destructive blockade which threatened to cause much deeper damage’.
The 92-78 vote in support of the government preserved his leadership. If the confidence vote failed, his government would have been forced to resign and Parliament would have either elected a new prime minister or called a general election.”
Protests have been ongoing since April 7, with slow-moving convoys clogging roadways, and with truckers, farmers, and taxi and bus operators blocking key infrastructure.
The government sent the police and the military to break the blockages, but that only further inflamed the Irish people.
“Demonstrators called for price caps or tax cuts to alleviate soaring fuel costs they said would drive people out of business.
After the vote, a crowd of protesters gathered outside the Dáil, the parliament building in Dublin, chanted ‘sell out’ and ‘get them out’.”
Irish independent politician Michael J. Healy-Rae, who served as a Minister of State, has resigned, and announced he’ll be voting no confidence in the government.
But the victory in Parliament came with losses for the government, as the Minister of State for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Michael Healy-Rae, announced his resignation, accusing the coalition of losing touch with the people.
“He said that he could not, in his heart, vote confidence in the Government.
[…] This was a bombshell moment in the Dáil as Mr. Healy-Rae took most people gathered by surprise, as he quit the Government and his role as Junior Minister for Agriculture.
[…] As his brother Danny Healy-Rae watched on from the opposite side of the chamber and his son from the public gallery, he said that the sight of grown men crying over the cost of fuel left him with no choice but to leave the Government.”
SHOCK: Ireland’s TRAITOR Government just told the Protestors to DROP DEAD…
A NO-CONFIDENCE vote FAILS 92-78 while they ram through CLIMATE TYRANNY that’s CRUSHING THEIR PEOPLE…
If these Globalist SCUM aren’t listening…then MAKE THEM HEAR YOU…bigger, louder or BURN IT DOWN. pic.twitter.com/NvL2NnWwMR
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Sudan's civil war, which erupted three years ago, has devastated civilian infrastructure, pushed millions into misery.
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Vorschau ansehenAs a result of the Iran conflict and U.S. actions in Panama and Venezuela, American control over global oil supplies has expanded significantly, while the power of Iran, Russia, and China has declined.
The ongoing U.S.-Iran war has closed the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which approximately 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally transits daily, triggering the largest energy supply disruption in the history of global oil markets. The closure has paralyzed China’s Belt and Road shipping infrastructure, eliminated Iran’s primary source of government revenue, and forced the world’s buyers to seek reliable alternative suppliers.
Whether by design or by a convergence of fortuitous circumstances, President Trump has used the war and its economic pressure points to position the United States as the dominant force in global energy, systematically reducing the power of Iran, China, and Russia while consolidating U.S. control over critical shipping lanes from the Persian Gulf to the Panama Canal.
U.S. crude exports are projected to reach a record 5.2 million barrels per day in May, as Asian buyers snap up cargoes to offset the loss of Middle Eastern supply. Currently, 171 crude tankers are bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast, compared with approximately 110 in a typical month, with supertanker bookings for May at 28 vessels against a monthly average of just five. The world’s buyers are choosing American oil because there is no comparable alternative at scale and reliability.
The IMF projects the U.S. economy will grow 2.3% this year, the strongest of any major advanced economy, cushioned partly by its status as a net energy exporter. That is a direct economic benefit accruing to the United States, while every other major economy absorbs damage from the same disruption.
On Iran specifically, the damage to its power is severe and multidimensional. The rial has fallen from 42,000 to over 1.1 million against the dollar, making it effectively the least valuable currency in the world. The U.S. naval blockade is cutting off Iranian oil revenue at an estimated $150 million per day, against a backdrop where oil accounted for roughly one quarter of government revenue and the government could not meet payroll obligations even before the war began. The IRGC’s parallel economic empire, which processed approximately half of Iran’s oil exports, is being directly targeted.
It has been widely reported that the IRGC created a toll system charging ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz up to $2 million per vessel, payable in Chinese yuan, Bitcoin, or cryptocurrency stablecoins. However, there are no confirmed reports that any ship has actually paid this toll. Shipping companies, when interviewed, described being approached with the offer but did not confirm agreeing to it. Independent vessel tracking data confirms that approximately 10 to 11 ships per day have traversed the strait, and some analysts have estimated IRGC daily toll revenue at $20 million based on that traffic volume. That figure is purely mathematical, derived by multiplying the number of transits by the stated fee. It does not constitute evidence that any payment was made.
China’s export profit margins were already razor-thin before the Iran war began. The Producer Price Index spent 40 consecutive months in negative territory through early 2026, industrial profits fell 13.1% year-on-year in November 2025, and manufacturing capacity utilization had dropped to 74%. The loss of access to discounted Iranian crude, 1.4 million barrels per day that made up over 80% of Iran’s shipped oil exports, combined with the surge in global energy and logistics costs produced by the Hormuz closure, is compounding that margin compression.
China is being forced to source oil from markets where the U.S. has pricing and supply influence, at prices roughly 50% above pre-war levels. Belt and Road shipping infrastructure through the Gulf is paralyzed, disrupting both petroleum imports and manufactured goods exports simultaneously. Beijing is absorbing the economic damage while having no effective military or diplomatic response.
On Russia, the indirect effect is significant. Russia had been benefiting from being a sanctioned-but-functioning energy exporter selling to China and others at a discount. As U.S. oil floods global markets at premium prices and buyers compete for American barrels, the structural case for Russian oil as an indispensable alternative weakens. U.S. LNG running at near-peak export capacity simultaneously undermines Russian natural gas leverage over Europe, which had been Moscow’s primary geopolitical tool since Ukraine.
U.S. strategic power consolidation in the Western Hemisphere is supported by U.S. actions in Panama and Venezuela. Last year, President Trump convinced Panama to remove Chinese commercial control over Panama Canal port facilities. Canal operations, while remaining the property of Panama, now more closely align with U.S. foreign policy objectives.
This was followed by the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year during Operation Absolute Resolve, a U.S. military operation that resulted in his arrest in January 2026. Venezuelan oil policy is now substantially aligned with U.S. direction following the operation.
Combined with U.S. military dominance in the Caribbean established during the Venezuela operation, the U.S. sinking of narco-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, and joint U.S. military actions against traffickers in Ecuador and other countries, the Western Hemisphere is more firmly within the U.S. sphere of influence than at any point in decades.
Media have claimed that the war is causing friction with U.S. Gulf allies such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait, which are absorbing serious economic damage from the Hormuz closure. However, this has produced no practical reduction in U.S. global power or the security architecture that underpins it.
Before the war, Gulf states expressed diplomatic reservations about U.S. military action against Iran and declined to offer their airspace for strikes. Once the war began, Iran attacked them directly with missiles and drones. The Arab League Secretary-General strongly condemned the Iranian retaliatory attacks against Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, characterizing them as a flagrant violation of sovereignty.
The UN Security Council adopted resolution 2817, submitted by Bahrain on behalf of the entire GCC plus Jordan, condemning Iran’s strikes. China and Russia abstained. Gulf states sided with the U.S. position against Iran at the UN while China and Russia refused to condemn attacks on Arab soil.
Throughout the conflict, Gulf states continued hosting U.S. military forces and received active U.S. and British air defense support. Saudi Arabia’s AI company, Humain pledged, not to purchase Chinese equipment, and the UAE’s G42 cut ties with Huawei, aligning both countries with the U.S.-led technological bloc restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductors.
No Gulf state has switched to China as a security partner, adopted yuan-denominated oil pricing as a result of the conflict, or reduced U.S. military access to the region. Iran attacking its Arab neighbors has driven Gulf states deeper into dependence on U.S. military protection, not away from it.
The war is accelerating a structural shift that will permanently reduce Iran’s ability to use the Strait of Hormuz as a geopolitical weapon. Within hours of Operation Epic Fury beginning, Saudi Arabia activated its long-prepared contingency plan. The East-West pipeline reached full capacity of 7 million barrels per day, with crude exports via the Red Sea port of Yanbu surging from a pre-crisis baseline of under 800,000 barrels per day to nearly 5 million barrels per day. The UAE simultaneously maximized its Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, carrying up to 1.8 million barrels per day to Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman, bypassing Hormuz entirely.
The crisis has converted theoretical pipeline expansion plans into active investment decisions. Saudi Arabia is weighing expansions to the East-West pipeline and new Red Sea export terminals. The UAE is exploring a second pipeline to Fujairah. Proposed multi-country projects include pipelines linking Iraqi oil fields to Mediterranean ports and integrated energy links within the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
The existing bypass capacity does not fully replace the strait. Combined alternative route capacity amounts to approximately 8 to 9 million barrels per day against the 17 to 21 million barrels per day that normally transits Hormuz. However, each new pipeline that comes online permanently erodes Iran’s ability to hold the global economy hostage by threatening closure. The 1980s Iran-Iraq war produced the East-West pipeline. The 2026 war is producing a second generation of bypass infrastructure on a larger scale, with active U.S. strategic backing, making a future Iranian closure of the strait progressively less catastrophic for global energy markets.
With exports reduced to almost nothing, Iran’s economy was projected by the IMF to contract by 10%. However, the IMF counts produced and stored oil as part of GDP even though it cannot be sold, so the real contraction will be even greater. The U.S. blockade of the strait is meant to ensure that no country purchases Iranian oil and that no country pays the $2 million toll for use of the strait.
By cutting off the IRGC’s revenue, the Trump administration hopes to accelerate the regime’s collapse and bring about an end to the war.
Unfortunately, this improved strategic positioning has come at a cost for American consumers, who are facing higher gasoline prices. Average U.S. gas prices are up roughly 40%, approximately $1.18 per gallon, since the start of the war. Oil prices are expected to come down once control of the strait has been completely wrestled from the grasp of the IRGC.
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The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen reported a week-long Lebanon cease-fire may begin overnight Wednesday, citing a senior Iranian official. The Israeli army said it has not been asked to change its deployment and is awaiting the cabinet's decision
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