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Gulf Oil Tops Prewar Flow
U.S.-backed shipping system aids tankers, but traders worry fighting could restart
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Gulf Oil Tops Prewar Flow
U.S.-backed shipping system aids tankers, but traders worry fighting could restart

Saudi Crown Prince’s Burden Grows Heavier as Houthis Strike
Kingdom is facing myriad dilemmas as Iran-backed rebels intensify attacks

Mideast Oil Exports Rebound As Iran's Grip on Strait Eases
Volume recovers to 80% of prewar levels, but risk also mounts of Tehran escalation

Oil-Tanker Shortage Threatens To Keep Fuel Prices Elevated
Record shipping cost through Strait of Hormuz could offset any crude-price slide

Iran Looks to Escalate Conflict In Bid to Break Strait Impasse
Tehran's forces have fired at U.S. warships, coming much closer than in previous tries

Iran’s Oil Revenue Dwindles, Worsening Economic Crisis

Iran Battles To Outlast U.S. Pressure
Tehran moves to becoming a ‘survival’ economy as inflation rises, oil exports fall

Hormuz Standoff Puts Strain On Iran’s Oil-Storage Capacity
Tehran is buying time in race to see who blinks first: producers or global consumers

Iran War Shifts Into Phase of Crippling Stalemate
As Tehran toughens its stance, closure of strait puts U.S. under increasing pressure

Trump Increases Economic Pressure On Iran
Administration sees blockade as raising strain on oil industry, leading to open strait

U.S. Threat To Block Strait Sets Up Clash
High-stakes war of attrition will test whether Iran has higher pain threshold
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Georgi Kantchev in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.

