The conflict is driving up energy prices; threatening food shortages in poor countries; and complicating options for the inflation fighters at central banks.
Ten days into President Trump's Iran campaign, the war has gone global.At least 20 countries are now militarily involved — shooting, shielding or quietly supplying — while a widening energy shock punishes nations far from the front lines.Why it matters: This isn't World War III. But it may be the closest we've come in decades — drawing in more countries,…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be “our most intense day of strikes,” after President Trump sent conflicting messages about the administration’s plans.
President Donald Trump on Monday said the US and Israel were making significant progress in their war on Iran and could end the conflict “very soon,” curtailing an oil-price surge.
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Before the U.S and Israel opened a war on Iran, the Islamic republic had waged a nearly 50-year campaign of global terrorism that has killed thousands, including at least 995 U.S. servicemen, military personnel and other Americans.
