MarketWatch(center)
Cruise stocks were among the S&P 500’s biggest decliners since the Middle East conflict, and it’s not just about rising fuel prices
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Volatility on oil markets is already being felt in the travel sector, as a spike in the price of jet fuel is being passed on to air passengers. Higher fares and fuel surcharges are beginning to appear across a number of airlines. With analysts warning that the war on Iran is likely to weigh on the t
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More than ten days into the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East, health systems across the Region are coming under strain as injuries and displacement rise, attacks on health care continue, and public health risks increase.
National health authorities in Iran report more than 1300 death
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We speak with Kareem Shaheen, Middle East editor at New Lines Magazine, about the regional response to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. He says the Gulf countries are in a no-win situation, stuck between a belligerent Israel that has no qualms about using violence to achieve its strategic aims and
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The widening war in the Middle East and its growing impact on civilians came under scrutiny at the UN in Geneva on Monday, as independent experts briefing the Human Rights Council warned of escalating violence following the onset of Israeli and US strikes on Iran and counterstrikes by Tehran and all
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Worsening fuel shortages resulting from the war in the Middle East are threatening sacred funeral ceremonies in Thailand, where Buddhist temples are scrambling to obtain diesel for cremations.
The abbot of Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao province, about 80km (50 miles) east of Bangkok, warned t
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