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Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at the press and "ungrateful allies in Europe" on Thursday while declaring that the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran has been an overwhelming success.

Indonesia's richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country's largest business empires, died Thursday. He was 86.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled Thursday to meet with President Trump at the White House as the U.S. commander-in-chief seeks assistance from allies to protect the Strait of Hormuz amid the war against Iran.

Two men appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of carrying out "hostile" surveillance last year of the U.K.'s Jewish community on behalf of Iran.

The Bank of England held its main interest rate at 3.75% on Thursday as the sharp oil and gas price hikes following the start of the Iran war have stoked renewed concerns about inflation.

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.

President Trump is threatening to "massively blow up" a major gas field in Iran if the Islamic Republic launches any more attacks on Qatar's gas facilities.

The United Arab Emirates early Thursday denounced Iran's attacks targeting its Habshan gas facility and Bab field as a "dangerous escalation" as Israel and the United States escalate their war on the Islamic Republic.

A mix of uncertainty, anger and hope simmered in Cuba on Wednesday following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump this week saying that Washington could take "imminent action" against the island's government.