Oil prices reached 120 dollars per barrel after a ten-day conflict between the US and Iran resulted in a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.Bapco Energies declared force majeure following an Iranian attack on the Sitra refinery in Bahrain that further disrupted global energy markets.Steve Reed assured the public of stable UK energy stocks while US gasoline prices climbed toward four dollars per gallon in New England.Mojtaba Khamenei assumed leadership in
Iran as landlocked nations like Burkina Faso and Mali struggled with soaring inflation and security.