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Thousands of people have died since Hamas launched an assault on Israel from Gaza, and the conflict appears to be intensifying

With solid economic data bolstering the case for another rate hike, enhanced bond volatility, and fears about war in the Middle East, the stock market will likely witness more volatility in the upcoming months. Amid this, top emerging market ETFs WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (DEM), SPDR S&P Emerging…

Kushner weighed in on the Israel-Gaza conflict and described "one of Iran's worst nightmares" in a new interview.

Hamas has maintained ties with several regional powers and organisations in the Middle East since its creation in 1987. Whether it comes to financing, military aid or ideological support, the Palestinian Islamist movement can count on several allies in its deadly fight with Israel.

ALREADY the bombardment and power blackouts are taking a terrible toll.

It’s a strange moment in history for a Matryoshka doll of lies that’s usually re-offered swollen with each flare-up in the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

Incompetent and discredited leaders, in thrall to worn-out ideologies, have brought Israel and Gaza to this catastrophe

‘I will not move. I will be killed in my house with my family,’ one mother told me. Look to history and the omens are grim, says author and former Middle East correspondent Sarah Helm

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.24%. Stocks on Friday mainly settled lower, although the...

November WTI crude oil (CLX23 ) this morning is up +3.51 (+4.23%), and Nov RBOB gasoline (RBX23 ) is up +8.67 (+4.00%). Nov WTI crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are sharply higher on concern the Israel-Hamas conflict may spread, potentially disrupting Middle East crude supplies. The conflict could...

It was perhaps inevitable that the shock Hamas attack on Israel would become a minor election sideshow in New Zealand. Less than a week from the polls, a crisis in the Middle East offered opposition parties a brief chance to criticise the foreign minister’s initial reaction.