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From soaring fuel prices in Pakistan to a shortage of cooking gas in India, Asia is bearing the brunt of the energy crunch sparked by the Iran War. Hear how the crisis is unfolding on the Big Take Asia Podcast. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Iran war and Hormuz shock fuels cost-of-living crisis across South Asia
Tauseef Ahmad
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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka all suffering from spike in energy and fuel costs
Kashmiris queuing for fuel, March 2026 (Junaid Bhat/MEE)
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Malaysia will tighten border enforcement to curb fuel smuggling and keep subsidised petrol prices unchanged as the widening US-Israeli war with Iran disrupts energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz and rattles global oil markets.
The move comes amid concern that rising fuel prices abroad could mak
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The war with Iran has brought shipping traffic to a virtual standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf channel through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas fl
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Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas
After prices of liquefied natural gas surged to record highs after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, millions of people in Pakistan were repeatedly left without electricity. An inte
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The regional fallout from last week's joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran shows that as long as strategic decisions are tied to fossil fuel supply chains, climate goals remain exposed to geopolitical instability.
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