Ahram Online provides live coverage of the unfolding military confrontation between Israel and Iran as the two sides have ...

By Editorial Tehran appears set to take steps to close the vital shipping lane, but it remains to be seen whether it can do it, and what impact this will have WHAT: After many years of speculation, ...

The chart is really the story here. The news that the U.S. struck Iran was initially greeted as a shock by financial markets, but now are pivoting to a belief that both the intervention will be limite ...

This situation is unlikely to escalate into a world war. But there are short- and medium-term risks that could affect ...

The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are edging up in premarket trading Monday as stock markets await Iran's response to U.S. missile attacks on its nuclear facilities.

Global markets appear to have taken the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran in stride. The price of oil initially jumped more than 2% but then fell back slightly. U.S. stock futures and ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi also noted that he does not intend to comment on the state of Iran's nuclear program following the US airstrikes carried out in the early morning hours of ...

Global markets are barely reacting after US President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that American forces struck Iran’s ...

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Both contracts jumped by more than 3% earlier in the session to $81.40 and $78.40, respectively, touching five-month highs before giving up some gains ...

Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga called an urgent meeting on Monday in response to a warning from Iran that it may ...

From striking US bases in the region, to possibly closing a key waterway to global shipping, Iran is likely mulling its next moves.