President Trump has voiced his frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, but it is not clear how able he is to rein in Israeli military action.

The Middle East looked like it was settling into an uneasy ceasefire built on the assumption that nobody would benefit from a return to full-scale war.

Some fear the renewed strikes between Israel and Iran could threaten to upend a ceasefire and raise fuel prices.

Israel has been eavesdropping on Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s chief negotiator, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, and Michael DiMino, a senior Middle East policy adviser, intelligence officials claimed.

In Gaza, Lebanon and the Persian Gulf, strikes, skirmishes and military operations keep the region on edge.

Airlines are facing surging fuel costs from the war in the Middle East but executives say they are more concerned about taxes and regulations deemed too restrictive that could further crimp their bottom lines.

RAMALLAH, West Bank(AP) — The post-Oct. 7 order in the Middle East — such as it is — is barely pieced together by conditional ceasefires and mutual threats. Iran has suffered severe blows, yet not enough to shake its posture at the negotiating table.

Commercial U.S. solar customers are seeing installation costs spike as the war ​in Iran chokes supply of aluminium and makes racking systems more expensive, compounding financial pressures on an industry ‌already grappling with elevated silver prices.

The European Central Bank is poised to raise interest rates for the first time in two and a half years, driven by escalating inflation fueled by the Iran war's energy shock. Despite concerns about slowing growth,