By ALEX VEIGA, ELAINE KURTENBACH and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers The widening Iran war has upended oil production and shipping across the Middle East, straining energy supplies worldwide. Those disruptions caused oil to spike Monday, only for it to swiftly fall back after ...
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Monday drew down personnel at more U.S. diplomatic missions in and around the Middle East as it faces increasing, but historically familiar, criticism for not doing enough to prepare embassies, consulates and ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence assessment completed shortly before the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran had determined that American military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change in the ...
By CARA ANNA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — How long will the Iran war last? What do all sides want to achieve? And how high will oil prices go? Big questions remain as fighting enters week two. Israel and the United States keep pounding Iran. And Iran keeps ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As war spreads across the Middle East, U.S. rivals and allies in Asia are preparing for the consequences, which include possible economic shock and long-term security threats. Here's a look at how the fighting in the Middle ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was named as his successor Sunday, had long been considered a contender to the post even before an Israeli strike killed his father and ...
By CARA ANNA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — How long will the Iran war last? What do all sides want to achieve? And how high will oil prices go? Big questions remain as fighting enters week two. Israel and the United States keep pounding Iran. And Iran keeps ...
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran's claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insisting it was ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war has put at risk some of the world's most critical oil and gas infrastructure — the pipelines, refineries, and shipping terminals that keep energy flowing from the countries around the Persian Gulf to the global ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war ...
By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The party of Colombian President Gustavo Petro secured a victory in congressional elections, but will have to build coalitions with other parties to carry out announced reforms, including a controversial push to ...
By SYLVIE CORBET and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to defend Cyprus and dispatch additional warships to the Eastern Mediterranean to strengthen allies' security in the region unsettled by the Iran war. Macron ...
By ANDREW WILKS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial on Monday with more than 400 other defendants accused of widespread corruption in a case critics see as a politically motivated move against Turkey's opposition. Imamoglu, who has ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles, with their launchers arriving at an army camp Monday as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to rising challenges in the ...
By KEN MORITSUGU and CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China's legislature outline top priorities that have different ramifications for the global economy. In the government plan for 2026, the No. 1 task is "building a ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence assessment completed shortly before the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran had determined that American military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change in the ...
By ALEX VEIGA, ELAINE KURTENBACH and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers Oil prices continued to soar on Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and straining energy supplies worldwide. The price of Brent crude, the international ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war has put at risk some of the world's most critical oil and gas infrastructure — the pipelines, refineries, and shipping terminals that keep energy flowing from the countries around the Persian Gulf to the global ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war ...
By ALLAN OLINGO Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Surging oil prices triggered by the war with Iran are rippling across African economies, threatening higher fuel costs, rising inflation and renewed pressure on currencies across the continent. Africa imports most of the petroleum ...