Iran
U.S. strikes in Iran spark airline cancellations and travel turmoil
Israel closes its airspace and suspended flight operations at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 13, 2025. Nir Keidar | Anadolu | Getty Images Commercial airlines around the world on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights after the U.S. struck Iran. Singapore Airlines, one of the highest-profile in Asia, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Have Trump’s strikes on Iran bolstered or eroded his credibility?
U.S. and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 22, 2025. Gazi Samad | Anadolu | Getty Images United States on Saturday conducted air strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear sites, entering Israel’s war against Tehran. The timing was unexpected. On Thursday, U.S. […]
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Dow futures slide as oil rises following U.S. bombing of Iran: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on June 18, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures fell ahead of Monday’s session after the United States entered Israel’s war against Iran over the weekend by striking three nuclear sites, a move by […]
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Shipping threats around Arabian Peninsula rising, largest global shipowners organization warns
Refrigerated containers of Maersk shipping lines are stacked at the container terminal of Bremerhaven port on April 22, 2025 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Focke Strangmann | Getty Images News | Getty Images The world’s largest direct-membership organization for shipowners, charterers, shipbrokers, and agents is warning that while it is still unclear how Iran will respond to […]
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U.S. isn’t at war with Iran, ‘we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program,’ Vance says
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a discussion at the Munich Leaders meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, May 7, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the United States is not at war with Iran, but with […]
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Hegseth claims Iran’s nuclear ambitions ‘obliterated’ after U.S. strikes
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Sunday that “Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,” hours after the United States attacked three major nuclear nuclear enrichment facilities. Hegseth praised President Donald Trump’s order as “focused, it was powerful, and it was clear,” during an early morning press conference. Hegseth said that the late-night mission was “not […]
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Satellite images show activity at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility before U.S. air strikes
Maxar Technologies, a U.S. defense contractor, released satellite imagery on Sunday showing activity at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility prior to U.S. air strikes. The images of the secretive plant, which were collected on Thursday and Friday, depict truck and vehicle activity near to the entrance of the underground military complex. Located 300 feet under a […]
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Iran says it reserves all options after ‘outrageous’ U.S. strikes, launches fresh attacks on Israel
Israeli security forces and first responders gather at the site of an Iranian strike that hit a residential neighbourhood in the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2025. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Tehran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty and […]
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Trump says U.S. attacked three Iran nuclear sites
Portraits of Iranian military generals and nuclear scientists, killed in Israel’s June 13 attack are displayed above a road, as a plume of heavy smoke and fire rise over an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images […]
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How regime change in Iran could affect global oil prices
Senior Israeli officials said this week that their military campaign against Iran could trigger the fall of the regime, an event that would have enormous implications for the global oil market. The oil market has reacted with remarkable restraint as Israel has bombed the third-largest crude producer in OPEC for eight straight days, with no […]
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