Iran is facing a severe economic and social crisis in late 2025, marked by accelerating executions, near-zero GDP growth, ...

Brent crude futures were down 66 cents, or 1%, at $64.56 a barrel at 1016 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 61 cents, or 1%, to $60.90. “Finally having some kind of peace process in the ...

Oil prices stumbled in 2025 on weaker demand and surging supply. One of the world's biggest commodities firms says the ...

"Wars are not fought with weapons, but with knowledge and understanding."—Ferdowsi, Persian poet and writer In the midst of the insistent Ukraine war and the om ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to persuade the US to revive stalled nuclear talks, underlining Tehran’s anxiety over a possible repeat of Israeli airstrikes and its ...

At spy agency award ceremony, David Barnea says Islamic Republic will break out to bomb 'as soon as it is allowed,' says ...

Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces and locals gather for a collective prayer for Iran under Israeli attacks, on the bank of Shatt al-Arab River in Basra, Iraq on June 18, 2025. The "Prayer ...

NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Traders call out during activity in the crude oil options area on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange April 15, 2008 in New York City. Oil prices set a new record high ...

Oil prices climbed 2% on Monday in the wake of the defeat of the Assad regime. The price of oil climbed about 2% in early trading on Monday in the wake of the sudden collapse of the Assad regime in ...

For decades, predictions about a war with Iran carried an air of inevitability: Analysts warned a conflict would close the ranks of the Iranian military and political elite, unite the Iranian people ...