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A photograph shows the damage following a reported drone strike on the US embassy in Baghdad’s fortified “Green Zone” on March 14, 2026. A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad on March 14, an Iraqi security official said, as an AFP journalist saw smoke rising from the complex. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, was quickly dragged into the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. (Photo by Murtadha RIDHA / AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. calls for Americans to leave Iraq ‘now’ as attacks mount

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 18: Brendan Carr, commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), speaks during an open commission meeting at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) headquarters on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

FCC’s Carr threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

TOPSHOT – HMS Dragon, a Royal Navy Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer warship, is guided by tug boats operated by Serco Marine Services, as departs from HM Naval Base Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on March 10, 2026. HMS Dragon departed Portsmouth to head to the Eastern Mediterranean to bolster British defences in the region. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump calls for countries to send warships to reopen Hormuz

By Arsalan Shahla and Bloomberg

Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari)

U.S. hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island as war escalates

By Skylar Woodhouse, Catherine Lucey, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11: U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum participates in a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. The global investment management company held the summit consisting of leaders from government, business, and labor to address expanding U.S. infrastructure. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

U.S. officials have discussed trading oil futures, Burgum says

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Tyler Kendall, and others

MIAMI, FLORIDA – MARCH 09: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 09, 2026 in Miami, Florida. Trump was returning to Washington after meeting with House Republicans at his Doral resort to hash out the party’s economic and foreign policy message ahead of the midterm elections. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Trump says war to end ‘very soon,’ floats removing oil sanctions

By Kate Sullivan, Josh Wingrove, and others

Entrepreneur Christos Marafatsos speaks with Bitcoin businessman Michael Saylor during CPAC-DC at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, MD Thursday, 20, 2025. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Strategy buys $1.3 billion of Bitcoin using mostly common stock

By Melos Ambaye and Bloomberg

May 31, 2019 file photo shows, Son of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Iran picks Khamenei’s son as next supreme leader, Fars says

By Patrick Sykes and Bloomberg

BALEDOGLE, SOMALIA – AUGUST 3, 2023: US special operations Navy Seals commandos at Baledogle airfield where they are training Soldiers of the Somali National Army commando force, Danab. August 3, 2023 in Baledogle, Somalia. Danab forces are initially trained by Bancroft Global Development, a U.S. private military contractor, and then trained in specialized skills by US Special Operations Navy Seals Commandos. They are assisting them with skills to fight Al-Shabab Islamic militants. (Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images)

U.S. considers idea of special operation to seize Iran’s uranium

By Jonathan Tirone, Donato Paolo Mancini, and others

TEHRAN, IRAN – MARCH 8: Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after US and Israeli attacks, leaving numerous fuel tankers and vehicles in the area unusable in Tehran, Iran on March 8, 2026. (Photo by Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tehran engulfed in fire, smoke and acid rain following strikes

By Golnar Motevalli, Arsalan Shahla, and others

New Horizon crude oil tanker berths at the oil terminal of the port of Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 6, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Oil market chaos to deepen as more Gulf giants cut output

By Yongchang Chin and Bloomberg

ERBIL, IRAQ – JANUARY 18: Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with PAK prepare to train on January 18, 2026 near Erbil, Iraq. A spokesman for the National Army of Kurdistan, the armed wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, based in Iraq, says the group “played a role in the protests through both financial support and armed operations to defend protesters when needed,” and launched attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in recent days in retaliation for their violent crackdown. (Photo by Ethan Swope/Getty Images)

Trump says he ruled out having Kurdish forces join Iran war

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – MARCH 2: A commercial ship is viewed anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026. Increased maritime traffic led to a buildup of vessels waiting near Dubai, highlighting the strategic importance of the strait, which handles 20 percent of global energy trade. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

UAE and Kuwait start oil output cuts after Hormuz blockage

By Fiona MacDonald, Anthony Di Paola, and others

A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber is worked on by military personnel at RAF Fairford in south west England shortly after sunrise on March 7, 2026. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given approval for Washington to use the bases of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and RAF Fairford in south-west England to bomb Iranian missile sites, after several Gulf countries were targeted by Iranian retaliations. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia intensifies engagement with Iran to defuse war

By Donato Paolo Mancini, Fiona MacDonald, and others

US President Donald Trump speaks during the “Shield of the Americas” Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. President Trump is hosting a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the region, from organized crime to illegal immigration. The summit also aims to serve Washington by boosting US interests in the region and curbing those from foreign powers like China. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump says U.S. may target new parts of Iran in escalating war

By Arsalan Shahla, Kateryna Kadabashy, and others