Oil Climbs Past $91 on Renewed US-Iran Clashes Brent crude rose above $91 a barrel and WTI topped $86 as the US and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time in roughly a month near the Strait of Hormuz. US forces hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island; Iran responded with missiles toward bases in … Read more
Iceland Rejects Restarting EU Accession Talks Icelanders voted 52.8% to 47.2% against resuming EU accession negotiations in a referendum held on 29 August 2026, with turnout at 82.5%. Reykjavík backed a “yes,” but the rest of the country rejected it. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said the result would be respected, no talks would restart under … Read more
Roman Space Telescope Begins Dark Universe Survey NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on 30 August 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center, beginning a three-month cruise to the Sun-Earth L2 point roughly one million miles away. The observatory pairs Hubble-class infrared resolution with a field of view about 100 times … Read more