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Updated Mar 2, 2026 10:00 PM ET
President Trump described the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran as the "last best chance" to neutralize the Iranian threat, projecting a four-to-five week operation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed the Gang of Eight on Capitol Hill, but congressional reaction has split sharply along party lines, with even some Republican allies raising war powers objections.
Chevron (CVX) surged to a record high as energy stocks broadly rallied on the conflict premium; heating oil prices jumped more than £100. Global crude benchmarks spiked as traders priced in sustained Middle East supply disruption.
A multi-week air campaign against Iran represents the most significant U.S. military escalation in the Middle East in years, with downstream risks spanning regional stability, global energy markets, and domestic political cohesion heading into war powers votes in Congress.
U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, which started Saturday and continue apace, appear to have decapitated the Iranian theocratic regime. Ret. Rear Adm. Mark ...
Authorities in Texas gave an update Monday on the shooting that killed two people at a bar in Austin over the weekend. The incident is being investiga...
Iran was plunged into a near-total digital blackout on Sunday, with internet traffic reportedly dropping to just 1% of normal levels, after Israeli ai...
Iran is facing widespread internet disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.
US president signals willingness to engage with Tehran’s surviving leadership as strikes and retaliatory attacks intensify across regionUS-Israel wa...
Iranian missiles and drones have hit the United Arab Emirates, shaking Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven for foreigners
Iran began 40 days of mourning for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after state-run media confirmed that he was killed at his Tehran compound in a joint milita...
A resistance group and independent online media in Myanmar say airstrikes by the military on a trading junction in the central Magway region killed mo...
Pope Leo XIV warned Sunday that U.S.-Israel airstrikes on Iran risk plunging the Middle East into an "irreparable abyss," urging leaders to choose dia...
Airstrikes on Iran have already made the Middle East safer. They may also make it freer.
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