The Israel-Iran conflict has highlighted President Trump's challenge in shaping foreign affairs while maintaining political support at home.

Iran is a strategic partner to Russia, but Moscow isn't rushing to Tehran's aid in the face of Israeli strikes.

Caroline Zier, former deputy chief of staff to the secretary of defense, discusses the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran as strikes continue between the two countries.

U.S. Air Force aerial refueling aircraft are heading for the Middle East amid an escalating war between Israel and Iran and the possibility that U.S. forces could also become involved, according to flight data tracking sources. Newsweek has reached out to the Pentagon for comment.

In a separate report on the outlook to 2030, the IEA forecast that oil supply would continue to outstrip demand over the next five years. Global oil demand is expected to increase by 2.5mn b/d between 2024 and 2030, reaching “a plateau” of 105.5mn by the end of the decade.

Blasts have been heard in Tehran and sirens have sounded in Israel as US president convenes National Security Council.

Gold fluctuated as investors tracked an escalation of risk in the Middle East and digested weak US economic data.

Futures tied to Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday as the Iran-Israel conflict entered its fifth day, with investors fleeing to safe-haven assets on fears that the tensions could spiral into broader regional unrest.