Energy supply pressure has intensified after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran disrupted key infrastructure and killed senior leaders, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The deployment of an aircraft carrier and additional naval assets to the Mediterranean ordered by French President Emmanuel Macron signals a significant escalation in Europe’s military posture as war intensifies in the Middle East.
The U.S. State Department has issued a sweeping Middle East evacuation alert, urging Americans to depart immediately from more than a dozen countries as fighting linked to Iran intensifies.