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Renewed Middle East Fighting and U.S. Naval Blockade Send Oil Prices Higher and Raise Odds of Bigger 2027 Social Security COLA

Rising oil costs are likely to lift measured inflation in the July–September CPI‑W window that determines next year’s Social Security increase.

Israel Strikes Lebanon as US-Hosted Ceasefire Talks Continue

U.S. Hunts Missing Airman as Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Reopen Hormuz

Pakistan Hosts Regional Ministers for De‑Escalation Talks as Iran Warns U.S. Off Ground War

Houthis Enter War as U.S. Lands Marines and Strikes Deepen Inside Iran

Houthis Enter War With Missile at Israel After Iranian Strike Injures U.S. Troops

Israel Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites as Trump Extends Energy-Target Pause to April 6

Fresh Israeli Strikes, Iranian Retaliation Hit Gulf Energy as U.S. Sends Marines

UEFA Cancels Spain–Argentina Finalissima After Relocation Talks Collapse

F1 Cancels April Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix Over Security and Logistics

U.S. Push for Hormuz Escort Coalition Yields No Pledges as Oil Tops $100

U.S. Strikes Iran’s Kharg Island as Oil Shock Deepens and Baghdad Embassy Helipad Is Hit

IEA Unleashes Record Oil Reserves as Hormuz Strikes Send Prices Back Toward $100

Israel Unleashes New 'Broad-Scale' Strikes on Tehran as Mehrabad Airport Is Reported Hit

Gulf Air Travel Severely Disrupted After US and Israeli Strikes on Iran, With Limited UAE Flights Restarting

Operation Epic Fury Enters Day Three as U.S.–Israeli Strikes Hit Iran and Tehran Launches Regional Barrages

Gulf Airspace Shutdown Enters Second Day After Iranian Strikes Hit Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha

Hezbollah Fires on Israel as IDF Bombs Beirut and South Lebanon, Killing 31

UN Security Council Meets as Guterres Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Middle East

Gaza Probe Says Thousands ‘Evaporated’ in Strikes Linked to US-Made Bombs