Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes on June 23, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace | AFP | Getty Images Oil…
JERUSALEM – FEBRUARY 28: People take shelter as Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel following the US-Israeli attacks, in Jerusalem on February 28, 2026. Mostafa Alkharouf | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. and Israel launched their most aggressive attack ever on Iranian targets over the weekend that killed the Islamic state’s longtime supreme…
TOPSHOT – A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) Afp | Getty Images The escalating conflict in the Middle East is fueling fears that Washington’s pursuit of regime change in Iran, and Tehran’s retaliation, could destabilize regions from the Gulf to…
TOPSHOT – An incoming projectile explodes over the water in the bay of Haifa off of the northern Israeli coastal city on February 28, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, with Israel’s public broadcaster reporting that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been targeted, as the Islamic republic…
A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) – | Afp | Getty Images Market watchers are bracing for turbulence after the U.S. confirmed it has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, a move investors say could carry far greater market consequences…
TOPSHOT – A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) – | Afp | Getty Images Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s downtown, the Associated Press reported. It wasn’t immediately clear…
U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S.,on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Kenny Holston | The New York Times | Via Reuters Amid tariff uncertainty, President Donald Trump…
A view of Bryggen, the historic Hanseatic Wharf in Bergen, Norway, on Sept. 16, 2024. Manuel Romano | Nurphoto | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion oil fund, the largest of its kind, generated an annual profit of about $248 billion last year, with strong gains in global equities driving a 15.1% return. Norges Bank Investment…
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi (not seen), visits Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Russian-controlled Energodar, on March 29, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russia and Ukraine agreed to a local ceasefire to allow for repairs of the backup power lines to the Zaporizhzhia…
Andreas Berger, chief executive officer of Swiss RE AG, at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images European markets opened mixed on Friday as traders parsed through several earnings reports and economic data at the end of the week. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was…
