The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will not ‘take anything off the table’ in response to the threat of rising energy costs

US President Donald Trump is in Kananaskis, Alberta in western Canada for the G7 summit where he will shortly meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump's one-on-one meeting with Carney comes amid tensions between Washington and Ottawa over trade and security

Gold breaks $2,500 as Middle East tensions escalate. Learn why investors are panic buying precious metals despite strong economic data.

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.

As an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iran last week sparks a spiraling conflict between the two enemy states, China has seen an opportunity to cast itself as potential peace broker – and an alternative voice to the United States.

Now, it is reshaping the Middle East on its own terms and forcing the Trump administration to play catch-up as Israeli leaders ramp up attacks against Iran. The moves could upend global markets and remake geopolitics—and potentially draw the U.S. into a regional conflagration.

Petrol prices in Australia could skyrocket by up to 12 cents a litre following Israel’s announcement it had launched strikes on “dozens” of military targets in Iran.