Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear sites in an attack escalating the conflict between the two countries. An appeals court allows Trump’s authority over National Guard troops in L.A. to remain for now. And the sole survivor in an India plane crash that killed everyone else on board isn’t sure how he escaped,

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

The price of oil surged Friday in one of the market’s largest single-day increases in years, reflecting fears that a wider conflict in the Middle East could lead to serious energy supply disruptions.

Lebanon’s army is communicating with Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah to avoid the country being drawn into conflict with Israel following strikes on Iran, a senior Lebanese official said. “The government affirms that the decision of war and peace lies with the state,

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged restraint following Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear programme. Fears of a full-scale conflict have been stoked by warnings of "severe punishment" from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and reports of drone launches in response.

Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s vows of reprisals have brought the two Middle East adversaries closer to an all-out war, which also threatens to draw in the United States, at least to