More than a week of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.
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Iran attacks Israel, Gulf states, after naming new leader on Day 10 of war
The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the supreme leader and then launched new attacks at Israel and Gulf states.
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One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global
The war is no longer just about the U.S., Israel and Iran. More countries are getting caught in the political crossfire or being drawn into the fighting themselves.
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What the Trump administration says about why it went to war with Iran
The Trump administration says it is “laser focused” and mission driven, but the messaging has been varied. The range of cited motivations for striking Iran now are sometimes at odds with each other.
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Oil surges to its highest price since 2023, and stocks drop after U.S. jobs report
Stocks fell Friday on worries that the economy could become stuck in a worst-case scenario of stagnating growth and high inflation. Oil prices touched their highest levels since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war.
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Middle East conflicts largely avoided energy facilities in the past. Not in this war
Recent conflicts in the region have either spared energy infrastructure or caused limited damage. That isn’t the case in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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Trump promised the MAGA base no new wars. Then he went to war with Iran
President Trump promised his “Make America Great Again” voters an “America First” foreign policy. With the war in Iran, he’s testing MAGA world’s willingness to be flexible on one of its core beliefs.
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Some Middle East flights resume, but thousands of travelers are still stranded by war
Limited flights out of the Middle East resumed on Monday. But hundreds of thousands of travelers are still stranded in the region after attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel.
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Oil prices surge amid fears over Iran war
Global oil prices are in the high $70s as traffic through Strait of Hormuz comes to a halt. Some analysts have warned they could top $100 a barrel if the stoppage is prolonged.
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7 key points in U.S.-Iran relations since 1953
The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran’s prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979.
