
Iran conflict disrupts global shipping as insurers pull war risk cover
Marine insurers cancel war risk cover for Gulf vessels as the Iran conflict damages tankers, strands 150 ships and drives oil prices up 9%.
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Marine insurers cancel war risk cover for Gulf vessels as the Iran conflict damages tankers, strands 150 ships and drives oil prices up 9%.

Pentagon officials admitted in closed briefings that no intelligence supported claims Iran planned to strike US forces first, undermining Trump's case for war.

Flooding caused a bridge collapse near Zambia's Kasumbalesa border, severing the DRC's main copper export route and disrupting global shipments.

Israel struck a senior Hezbollah operative in Beirut and declared the group's chief Naim Qassem a target, as regional conflict intensified across the Gulf.

US and Israeli strikes across Iran have killed 555 people in 131 cities, with Tehran launching retaliatory missile attacks on Israeli targets.