{"id":5469,"date":"2026-03-15T23:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/what-is-force-majeure-and-why-are-some-gulf-countries-invoking-it\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:35:42","slug":"what-is-force-majeure-and-why-are-some-gulf-countries-invoking-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/what-is-force-majeure-and-why-are-some-gulf-countries-invoking-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is force majeure and why are some Gulf countries invoking it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><main id=\"main-content-area\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Main content area\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"vertical-video-thumbnail\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1773603000.jpg?resize=730%2C410&#038;quality=80\"   alt><\/p>\n<p>What is force majeure and why are some Gulf countries invoking it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class>\n<header><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/\"><span>NewsFeed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/header>\n<p>Several Gulf energy producers have declared force majeure on oil and gas shipments after disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Al Jazeera\u2019s Alma Milisic explains what the legal term means and how it could affect global energy markets.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published On 15 Mar 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is force majeure and why are some Gulf countries invoking it? NewsFeed Several Gulf energy producers have declared force majeure on oil and gas shipments after disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Al Jazeera\u2019s Alma Milisic explains what the legal term means and how it &#8230; <a title=\"What is force majeure and why are some Gulf countries invoking it?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/what-is-force-majeure-and-why-are-some-gulf-countries-invoking-it\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is force majeure and why are some Gulf countries invoking it?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}