U.S. and Iran Engage in Renewed Military Exchange Amid Rising Tensions

Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night

Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.

Bessent Blames High Energy Prices on Ukraine’s Russia Strikes

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy facilities were one reason for rising global energy prices, citing those attacks before mentioning the war against Iran when asked about the elevated cost of living in the US.

By Yash Roy

Trump Returns to a Familiar Playbook as the War With Iran Flares Up Again

President Trump called on Iranians to “rise up and fight” on Tuesday as the United States seems increasingly bogged down after six months of conflict.

By Erica L. Green

Iran retaliates after US strikes reportedly kill wedding guests - The Latest

Iran has accused the US of a ‘war crime’ after a missile blast killed at least four people, including a young child, and injured 68 at a wedding at a private house in southern Iran. A month-long uneasy truce between the US and Iran appears to have collapsed again, after US strikes on Saturday on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by launching drones and missiles on US bases across the Middle East, including the Gulf States. Lucy Hough speaks to Middle East correspondent ...

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Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for U.S. strikes after a monthlong lull

The six-month war has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and posed increasing political problems for President Trump's Republican Party ahead of November midterm elections.

By The Associated Press

Bessent warns Iran's outside backers to 'stay away' as Trump seeks to 'asphyxiate' Tehran's economy

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned nations still propping up Tehran to "stay away" as new sanctions target the nation on multiple fronts.

Iran, US exchange new attacks: Who was hit in latest strikes?

Iran says the US bombed a wedding near the Strait of Hormuz; hits Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan in retaliation.

Bond selloff deepens as oil prices and public debt fears jolt markets

10-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2023

By Ankur Banerjee and Harry Robertson

Videos and debris raise questions over alleged US strike on Iranian wedding

On the evening of September 1, a barrage of US missile and drone attacks on a town in southern Iran allegedly struck a wedding ceremony, killing at least five people, including a four-year-old boy. FRANCE 24 geolocated a direct hit to the civilian building where local residents say the wedding was being held. The building was more than 135 meters from the apparent target, a communications tower.

By The FRANCE 24 Observers

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 3 AM ET: U.S. Stocks Fall as Oil, Bond Yields Spike, U.S.-Iran War Heats Up | G-20 ... - Morningstar

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 3 AM ET: U.S. Stocks Fall as Oil, Bond Yields Spike, U.S.-Iran War Heats Up | G-20 ...  Morningstar

Iran attacks U.S. sites after American strikes and wedding deaths

Latest round of fighting began when Washington hit Iranian targets on Sunday, the first known strikes in several weeks

By AFP

Trump claims renewed campaign against Iran ‘won’t last long’

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed US campaign against Iran would not continue for “too long” after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July. Trump alleged to reporters in the Oval Office that Iran was trying to build a rocket that drops mines and the US had […]

US prepared to launch a new wave of strikes against Iran at any time, Trump warns

“It was a very heavy attack last night, and we’re prepared to do another one anytime we want,” Trump continued, adding that the US “blew up much more than their radars” in Monday night’s strikes.

'You Will Fail To Escape Depths Of Hell': Iran Warns US Of New Strategy In War

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Washington has launched a fresh wave of "large and powerful" strikes against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz.

US eyes airlines, digital assets as Iran-related targets, Bessent says

Stock Market Today (Sept. 2, 2026): Dow futures fall as oil prices rise and bond yields climb

Investors are monitoring renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran.

By Rob Lenihan

UAE strongly condemns hostile Iranian attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq

UAE strongly condemns hostile Iranian attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq

WTI At 5-Week Highs As US-Iran Fighting Resumes; US Production At Record High As Cushing & SPR Hit 'Tank Bottoms'

WTI At 5-Week Highs As US-Iran Fighting Resumes; US Production At Record High As Cushing & SPR Hit 'Tank Bottoms' Oil prices were volatile but are trading around unchanged this morning, but still near the highest closing level in five weeks (WTI topped $92 overnight) as hostilities broke out again between the US and Iran, renewing the threat to energy exports from the Middle East. The US conducted a second day of strikes on the Islamic Republic overnight, with President Donald T...

By Tyler Durden

Anwar warns US-Iran hostilities risk wider regional conflict, urges return to diplomacy

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today urged the United States (US) and Iran to imme...

Turning weddings into funerals: the specialty of America's terrorist army

TEHRAN - In war, people do not always die in uniform. Sometimes, they die wearing wedding clothes. Sometimes, while putting henna on their daughter’s hands. Sometimes, sitting beside a pot of rice and meat. And sometimes, they have no idea what the aircraft circling several kilometers above them has mistaken them for.

Arab states condemn Iranian strikes on their soil as regional tensions escalate - Rudaw

Arab states condemn Iranian strikes on their soil as regional tensions escalate  Rudaw

Iran’s top negotiator calls US ‘Satan’ after wedding attack

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday called the United States "Satan" after an attack on a wedding ceremony in the country's south. The post Iran’s top negotiator calls US ‘Satan’ after wedding attack appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Ayobami

Kuwait strongly condemns Iranian attacks targeting the country with missiles, drones - Kuwait Times

Kuwait strongly condemns Iranian attacks targeting the country with missiles, drones  Kuwait Times

Iran condemns US strikes on civilian sites; responds with 'crushing defensive strikes' on military bases

Tehran: Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned recent US military strikes across several Iranian provinces, confirming that Iranian armed...

By Times of Oman

Tehran urges region not to assist US in strikes on Iran

The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, calling on the countries in the region not to allow the United States to use their facilities and territories to launch strikes on Iran.