Asian shares are sharply higher after U.S. stocks soared to their best day in almost a year over renewed hopes that the Iran war could soon end.

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon.

South Africans have rushed to buy fuel as the country braces for record price hikes tied to the US-Iran-Israel conflict.

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran.

Europe’s inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March, according to official figures released Tuesday, as the Iran war sent energy prices sharply higher.

U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war and he's praying especially for Christians in the Middle East.

The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base.

A bipartisan group of senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France.

U.S. stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

Republicans face growing political trouble ahead of November's midterm elections as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high and voters worry about living costs.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution.

With the war in Iran continuing with seemingly no end in sight, some people are worried about their supply of medicine. However, the main concern isn’t with the supply of drugs going down, it’s the rising oil prices that could cause an uptick in shipping prices.

Businesses might be quicker to raise prices in response to the Iran war due to bitter memories of the energy price inflation that broke out after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Kenya’s flower industry is losing up to $1.4 million a week as the Iran war cuts demand and disrupts shipping.

In a story published March 25, 2026, about the war in Iran, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 20 people have been killed in Israel.

The jump in gas prices stemming from the war in Iran has had another impact that may also affect many Americans’ finances: Higher interest rates.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.

U.S. stock indexes slipped and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising.

The head of the International Energy Agency says the global economy faces a “major, major threat” because of the Iran war.

It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days.

President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress.

The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information.

The European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged Thursday and warned that the Iran war would boost inflation in the short term through higher energy prices but that the long-term impact on consumer prices and the economy was uncertain.

There appeared to be some tension as President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answered questions from White House reporters about Japan’s support for the Iran war.

A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump.

The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, is forecasting annual retail sales will grow at a faster clip this year than last year, citing consumers’ resilience despite lots of economic volatility.

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.

President Donald Trump was present as the remains of six U.S. service members returned from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

The U_S_ government’s top intelligence official has told lawmakers that Iran’s government “appears to be intact but largely degraded.”.

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation in the wake of the Iran war, suggesting the Fed could stand pat for an extended period.

The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide.

The Iran war has scrambled the Federal Reserve’s outlook on inflation and unemployment and will likely further delay interest rate cuts this year, putting off any relief for consumers struggling with high borrowing costs for home and car purchases.

President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.

President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office.

The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict.

UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been canceled after the widening Middle East war.

Thousands of people have protested in Italy against wars in the Middle East and proposed judicial reforms by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Newly released data shows the U.S. economy was already showing signs of strain even before the launch of the Iran war, underscoring the risks that rising energy prices could pose.

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

Pete Hegseth is holding a Pentagon briefing on the war with Iran.

Wall Street’s losses deepened as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global economy.

Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran.

South Africa says the new U.S. ambassador has been summoned to explain his criticism of the country’s policies.

Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.

U.S. stocks held steadier as Wall Street waited for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end.

Sharply swinging oil prices have left consumers feeling the effects of the Iran war and its damage to worldwide energy production.

A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices.

FIFA’s World Cup chief operating officer says the tournament is “too big” to be postponed because of global turmoil caused by the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.

Rising global oil prices triggered by the Iran war are increasing economic pressures across Africa, where most countries rely heavily on imported petroleum products.

In recent weeks, gas prices have spiked, both in Virginia and around the country.

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports.

Governments around the world are rushing to organize the return of their citizens from the Middle East on Wednesday and air traffic seems to be picking up slightly as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening Iran war.

Spain’s foreign minister has denied that the government has changed its position on supporting the U.S. military operations against Iran.

The U.S. and Israel’s joint war against Iran has already upended travel across the Middle East, stranding hundreds of thousands of people.

Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

The U.S. stock market rebounded after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.

“It looks confusing, it looks chaotic, and that’s because it is, with no leadership, either in political or military, nobody is in charge. The lack of a command structure in Iran makes it very difficult right now to figure out who to negotiate with, who to work with, if we’re going to see an end to hostilities.”

In the military-heavy communities surrounding Fort Campbell, the war in Iran is on a lot of people's minds.

The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War is creating an apparently unplanned-for crisis for the Trump administration.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S. And drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel.

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Oil prices jumped Tuesday for the second straight day and gas prices moved higher in the United States, underscoring the threat of rising inflation posed by the Iran war.

On Monday, we spoke with Virginia Tech Political Analyst Dr. Cayce Myers to discuss the conflict in Iran.

The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”.

President Donald Trump is slated to address Iran during a Medal of Honor ceremony that’s scheduled for Monday at approximately 11 a.m.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are among the sports stars whose schedules are in doubt because of the spreading war in the Middle East.

In a story published March 2, 2026, about the European response to the Iran war, The Associated Press erroneously reported that NATO troops deployed for 20 years to Afghanistan.

Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.

Oil prices have jumped as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf ripple through the global energy supply chain.

The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

On Saturday, it was announced that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in strikes from the U.S. and Israel.

Ed Lynch, Roanoke political analyst and professor of political science at Hollins University, weighs in after strikes were carried out in Iran by the U.S. and Israel Saturday morning.

Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran.

Early on Sunday, strikes were carried out in Iran by Israel and the U.S., as President Donald Trump has called on its citizens to “take over your government.”

A U.N. nuclear watchdog report says Iran has blocked inspectors from reaching key nuclear sites hit during a June war.

President Donald Trump says Italy's prime minister and Poland's president are two leaders who have told him they want to join his Board of Peace, but first need the approval of their parliaments.

Losses for several banks and Big Tech stocks pulled U.S. indexes lower, even though the majority of stocks on Wall Street rose.

Rainfall this week on Iran's Hormuz Island has briefly transformed the coastline of the famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene.

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Lawyers for U.S. victims of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel are suing various groups that have been designated by the government as terrorist organizations.

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people, including 19 children.

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests.

Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status.

Temporary protections allowing nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and avoid deportation are expiring.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations.

Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, a region that supplies the world with about a third of the oil used globally every year.

U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil.

Israel is reporting one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military says seven soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack.

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear program because its archenemy's furtive efforts to build an atomic weapon are a threat to its existence.

Across the U.S. Americans are expressing a mixture of support, apprehension and anxiety over President Donald Trump's decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran.

The U.S. Military’s strikes on Iran drew criticism from lawmakers, including Virginia’s two U.S. Senators. Here's what 10 News Political Analyst Ed Lynch had to say about the strikes.

The strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities received mixed responses from local lawmakers. The decision garnered criticism from Democrats such as Sen. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, but was praised by Republican representatives, as well as Gov. Youngkin.

The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.

President Donald Trump says his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed.