A Syrian farmer looks at an Iranian missile that fell into an agricultural land in the area of Najha, in the countryside of the Syrian capital after being intercepted by Israeli air defense systems on June 8, 2026. Bakr Alkasem | Afp | Getty Images It’s been 10 days since U.S. President Donald Trump declared…
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday but remained on track for weekly gains as the United States and Iran continued trading strikes. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation fears are back on the table, amid worries over escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran in the Middle East conflict…
Commercial vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has slumped since U.S. President Donald Trump’s blockade took effect last week, with shipowners increasingly avoiding one of the world’s most…
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), June 27, 2026. Frank E. Petersen Jr. is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military…
An aerial view taken from an helicopter during a media visit shows five platforms over the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea some 140 kilometres west from the town of Stavanger, Norway, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Tom LITTLE / AFP) (Photo by TOM LITTLE/AFP via Getty Images) Tom Little | Afp…
A US Navy aviation boatswain’s mate directs a F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Force Squadron (VFA) 154 on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) while the ship is moored in Honolulu, Hawaii, during Exercise RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) 2026 on July 17, 2026. (Photo by Michelle Bir /…
The AI trade dominated the market once again this week, upstaging an impressive start to the second-quarter earnings season. Cooler-than-expected June reports on consumer and producer prices offered encouraging signs that inflation continued to ease, while earnings from the nation’s largest banks reinforced the strength of capital markets. At the same time, investors kept one…
U.S. Navy warships transit the Arabian Sea in close formation as CENTCOM forces continue to promote regional security and stability, June 30, 2026. Source: US Navy The U.S. military said early Saturday it ended a seventh straight night of strikes against Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported attacks by Iranian projectiles and commercial shipping continued…
In this handout photo by Morteza Akhoundi via Getty Images, a damaged bridge lies in a riverbed, following U.S. airstrikes carried out a day earlier, on July 17, 2026 in the southern Hormozgan Province, Iran. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Iran on Friday claimed it had targeted U.S. military forces in Syria…
The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a “worse-case scenario” for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said. “We see the reduction of the volume of transits through the Strait of Hormuz and right now crews of…
