The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Sep WTI crude oil (CLU24 ) on Wednesday closed up +2.03 (+2.77%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU24 ) closed up +3.11 (+1.34%). Crude oil and gasoline prices posted moderate gains Wednesday. Crude oil prices rose Wednesday on concern that an expected retaliatory attack by Iran against Israel could spark an...

Harris has been in the Situation Room as the war in Gaza has played out over 10 months. Now, as tensions rise further in the region, it’s possible the conflict could interfere with her best-laid plans for a potential presidency

Antony Blinken says US has been ‘engaged in intense diplomacy’ as the region braces for attacks from Iran and its allies

Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, the man Israel says masterminded the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war, as its new political chief following last week's killing of his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh. The announcement came with the Middle East on edge as it awaited Iran's retaliation over the…

Asif Merchant, 46, tried to recruit people for scheme to assassinate figures including Donald Trump, says FBI

A U.S. official says about a dozen Navy F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier have flown to a military base in the Middle East as part of the Pentagon’s effort to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard U.S.…

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for U.S. support to Israel amid escalating tensions with Iran-backed militias in the Middle East.

Asif Merchant tried to hire ‘hit men’ to take out government officials, according to federal prosecutors

Sep WTI crude oil (CLU24 ) Tuesday closed up +0.26 (+0.36%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU24 ) closed down -0.74 (-0.32%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Tuesday settled mixed. Tuesday's rebound in US equity markets sparked risk-on sentiment that boosted most asset markets. Also, reduced oil supplies from Libya are...