Unrest spreads throughout the world ahead of Trump’s military parade. It’s Friday the 13th, and tensions are rising at home and abroad – a fitting backdrop as powder kegs keep detonating across the map.

Escalating tensions between Israel and Iran will likely lead to increases in gas prices in Florida and across the nation. Florida gas prices are the lowest in a month, according to AAA - The Auto Club, but face upward pressure heading into this week.

The S&P 500 fell 1.1% on Friday, June 13, 2025, as investors weighed the geopolitical implications of the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and their loved ones due to the potential for regional unrest.

Traders on Friday exchanged the most $80 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil call options since January, expecting more upside to prices after Israeli airstrikes on Iran sparked fears of a wider Middle East conflict.

The State Department ordered all nonessential staff to leave the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and authorized the departure of nonessential staff and families from Bahrain and Kuwait.

Israel’s attack on Iran Friday has catapulted their long-running conflict into what could become a wider, more dangerous regional war and potentially drive prices higher for both businesses and households.

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday as signs of rising tensions in the Middle East weighed on risk sentiment and investors sought more clarity on Washington's recent trade deals with China. Shares of planemaker Boeing lost 7% premarket after an Air India aircraft with more than 200 people crashed in India's western city of Ahmedabad,

by TAYLOR FISHMAN | The National News Desk TOPICS: WASHINGTON (TNND) — Tensions in the Middle East have escalated as Israel employs unprecedented warfare tactics against Iran, according to Louis ...

“In response to the evolving geopolitical situation following Israel’s recent attack on Iran and the resulting volatility in the international oil markets, the Prime Minister of Pakistan has constituted a high-level committee to monitor petroleum product pricing and supply dynamics,” read a statement released by the Ministry of Finance on Monday.