Iran launched over 300 drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles against Israel on April 13, in a strike far larger than US military expectations. A F-15 fighter jet takes off during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023. (REUTERS/File Photo)(REUTERS) F-15 pilot Major Benjamin “Irish” Coffey…
By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) – Israel’s effective use of air-launched ballistic missiles in its airstrikes against Iran is expected to pique interest elsewhere in acquiring the weapons, which most major powers have avoided in favour of cruise missiles and glide bombs. The Israel Defense Forces said its Oct. 26 raid knocked out Iranian missile factories…
(Reuters) – Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said on Friday that Tehran is likely to increase the range of its ballistic missiles and possibly review its nuclear doctrine, amid growing tensions with arch-enemy Israel and tit-for-tat missile and airstrikes. Asked by Lebanon-based pro-Iran broadcaster Al-Mayadeen whether Iran was ready if conflict were…
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commercial satellite imagery showed that Israeli airstrikes hit buildings during an attack on Saturday that Iran used for mixing solid fuel for ballistic missiles, according to separate assessments by two American researchers. The judgments were reached by David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector who heads the Institute for…
Aerial view of the construction site of a petroleum products storage facility belonging to Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Limited on Waidiao Island on August 8, 2022 in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province of China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, recouping some of the more than 1% losses from the previous…
A pump jack in Midland, Texas, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Anthony Prieto | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices pared gains in early trade on Monday after charting their biggest weekly rise in over a year on Friday amid mounting threats of a region-wide war in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell 43 cents,…
Oct 03, 2024 01:10 PM IST Global oil prices rose for a third consecutive day, reaching towards $75 a barrel, after Israel and the US vowed at retribution towards Iran Rising tensions between Israel and Iran in the Middle East has sent global crude oil prices rising, and this can potentially worsen now that Iran…
Stock markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are experiencing sharp sell-offs as Middle East tensions escalate, following Iran’s launch of approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. CFRA Research Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall joins to discuss the implications for markets. Stovall advises investors to consider the potential duration of the Middle East tensions. He observes,…
US stocks sold off on Tuesday after Iran fired over 100 ballistic missiles at Israel, pushing oil prices for West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) and Brent (BZ=F) to their biggest increases in nearly a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slid roughly 0.8%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell about 1.3% after both major indexes…