The potential of renewed Middle East fighting grows as the elections grow closer. Oil prices move higher in response.

Global commodity prices are set to surge 23% in 2026, the World Bank said on Wednesday, citing rising energy prices and disruptions to cargo shipping during the Middle East war, grain shipment problems in the Black Sea and high demand for safe-haven assets such as gold.

EADaily, . A full-scale war could break out in the Middle East. This statement was made at a press conference held at the end of the ministerial meeting within the framework of the ninth strategic dialogue between Russia and The Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ongoing war in the Middle East has heavily disrupted Iran’s fisheries sector, especially in two of the nation’s top commercial fishing provinces.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has altered bunker buying patterns for shippers globally as they turned to more spot and shorter-term purchases to cope with volatile prices while exploring more alternative locations for supply security,

Journal Editorial Report: The regime's leadership sounds unmoved by "annihilation." Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Stephani Spindel/Zuma Press Wars reveal inconvenient truths, and the war with Iran and its proxies is no exception. The U.S. has ...

Commodity prices were projected to rise 23% in 2026 as the Middle East war disrupted energy supplies and shipping, while grain disruptions and safe haven demand pushed food and metals prices higher. The World Bank warned that further conflict escalation and a severe El Niño could intensify inflation and food security risks.

OF ALL THE WARRING GROUPS in all the various conflicts in the Middle East, the Houthis in Yemen seem to me to be the least well understood relative to their importance, at least based on news reports about them.