Mortgage rates climb to 6.11% as Iran war roils markets | CNN Business
Mortgage rates climbed this week as investors fret the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, undoing some of the welcomed progress in housing affordability.
Stocks fall and global oil reclaims $100 as Iran’s new supreme leader vows to ke…
Stocks fell and global oil prices settled at $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022 as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz continued to roil markets.
The Iran war threatens to undermine Trump’s favorite bragging point | CNN Busine…
Stocks have climbed, bond yields have fallen and the US dollar has weakened across President Donald Trump’s second term so far — market movements the president has welcomed.
US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources brie…
The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an attack that state media said killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to two sources briefed on the preliminary…
Gov. Gavin Newsom says no ‘imminent threat’ to California after FBI memo on poss…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday there is no “imminent threat” to the state following reports that federal authorities had alerted state officials of unverified claims by Iranian-affiliated actors desiring to conduct potential drone attacks.
Analysis: Seven reasons why Trump hasn’t won the Iran war | CNN Politics
The loss of a US tanker aircraft over Iraq underscored the costs of mass military mobilizations
Oil prices surge as Iran warns the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed | CNN
CNN’s Tom Foreman reports.
‘What is our plan to end this?’: Democratic congresswoman wants answers after ad…
Rep. Debbie Dingell tells CNN’s Audie Cornish she wonders if “we’re in another endless war in the Mideast,” as 4 more U.S. service members die
After Iran and Venezuela, Kim Jong Un must decide how to handle Trump | CNN
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be asking himself if the time has come to pick up the phone and call US President Donald Trump.
Trump’s war of choice presents an opportunity to Putin | CNN
Russia President Vladimir Putin knows how to find opportunity in crisis, and the metastasizing Iran war is the latest case in point.
Trump says US has ‘totally obliterated’ military assets on Iran’s Kharg Island w…
President Trump says the US “obliterated” Iran’s Kharg Island without targeting its vital oil facilities, as doing so could further escalate already high oil prices. CNN’s Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Diamond report.
What we know on the 12th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran | CNN
Israel said it launched “large-scale” strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday after coming under attack from “dozens of rockets” launched by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The attacks follow what Tehran called its “most intense” operation of the war, tar…
The US economy grew just 0.7% last quarter, ahead of a potentially destabilizing…
The US economy was on shaky footing even before President Donald Trump plunged the United States into a war with Iran, a battery of new data released Friday showed.
The history of regime change | CNN
After launching US-Israeli strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump touted regime change as a goal – a pledge that invokes skepticism in the Middle East and beyond. CNN Field Producer Zeena Saifi looks at the unintended consequences of foreign intervention a…
Oil market sees historic disruptions as attacks on shipping escalate | CNN Busin…
CNN’s Eleni Giokos discusses crude oil surging to $100 a barrel after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.
How oil price spikes could impact Africa | CNN
Oil price spikes triggered by the war with Iran could have a catastrophic impact on African nations. These countries should start preparing now, one economist from the Institute of Economic Affairs in Kenya told CNN’s Larry Madowo. Even Africa’s most advanced…
Al-Aqsa mosque completely shut down for Muslims during Ramadan | CNN
Since the beginning of the war with Iran, Israeli authorities have shut down Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City and completely banned Palestinians from praying in or around the holy site - as Ramadan approaches its climax. Officials say it is a public safe…
Two weeks of war: Inside Trump’s risky decision to attack Iran — and the scrambl…
Two weeks in, the Trump administration is no closer to settling on a defined strategy for finishing a conflict that has grown only more complicated and unwieldy by the day, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen people familiar with the internal d…
The history of regime change | CNN
After launching US-Israeli strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump touted regime change as a goal – a pledge that invokes skepticism in the Middle East and beyond. CNN Field Producer Zeena Saifi looks at the unintended consequences of foreign intervention a…
Oil market sees historic disruptions as attacks on shipping escalate | CNN Busin…
CNN’s Eleni Giokos discusses crude oil surging to $100 a barrel after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.