The conflict, now in its second week, is ensnaring countries and infrastructure critical to the production and transportation of oil and gas worldwide.
Surging oil prices jolted other financial markets, as share benchmarks in Japan and South Korea plunged more than 5%.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari vowed that Iranian attacks on the gas-rich country “will not go unanswered.”
The assassination of the second leader of the Islamic Republic, who had no designated successor, would throw its future into doubt.
Recently, the U.S. brokered diplomatic pacts between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
A defense lawyer for four U.S. journalists charged in Bahrain says they are heading to the airport to fly out of the country.
Two witnesses say four American journalists have been arrested in Bahrain while covering unrest...
The world's biggest oil companies are slashing jobs and backing off major investments as the price of crude falls to new lows - and there may be more pain to come.
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