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Iran is reportedly planning to demand that shipping firms pay tolls in cryptocurrency to let their oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump's Iran ceasefire announcement provided some relief to Wall Street and tech stocks shared in the rally.

Nvidia has reserved the majority of TSMC’s most advanced packaging capacity. The lesser-known chipmaking step may become the next bottleneck for AI.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will impose tariffs of 50% on goods imported to the country from any nation "supplying military weapons to Iran".

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of the European Union's leading critics of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

Delta is scaling back its flight plans as fuel costs grow to reduce its expenses.

U.S. Vice President said the response from Iran to ceasefire had varied, with some 'lying about even the fragile truce that we've already struck.'

"I think the argument for a ban is an admission of failure that we cannot regulate companies, so we can only restrict children," one expert told CNBC.

Alibaba and China Telecom launched a data center in China designed for AI training and inferencing.

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio told CNBC he is optimistic about the outcome of a meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents next month.

IndiGo shares rose 11% as a U.S.–Iran ceasefire could ease pressure on India's aviation sector, which is grappling with high operational costs.

The fragile ceasefire agreement is likely to face significant challenges, analysts told CNBC, citing a significant trust deficit on both sides.

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week pause in hostilities.

Pakistan said Lebanon was included in the agreement, but Israel said it was not.

Shares of Asian tech and semiconductor comoanies surged on the news that the U.S. and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire.

Stock futures surge and oil prices plunge as the Trump administration and Tehran agree a 2-week ceasefire.

Along with higher energy costs, due to the Middle East conflict, U.K. tax changes promise to add to the unpopularity of the Labour government in coming months.

European stocks are expected to open sharply higher on Wednesday following news of the U.S. and Iran's ceasefire deal.

India’s central bank needs to weigh growth risks and inflation pressures from the Iran war as higher energy costs and supply disruptions mount.

A two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad-based relief rally across risk assets, and even buoying traditional safe havens.

Many Middle Eastern countries continued to report incoming ballistic missiles and drones from Iran on Wednesday, within hours after the U.S. and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire.

Markets are rejoicing after President Donald Trump announced a two week cease-fire with Iran and Tehran signaled a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump's threats to ramp up the U.S. offensive in Iran prompted calls for his impeachment or removal.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher after President Donald Trump said he agreed to suspend planned attacks on Iranian infrastructure for two weeks.

Alphabet is in investor in some of the highest-valued private companies, including SpaceX, Anthropic and Stripe.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had asked Trump for a two-week delay of his Iran deadline, and for the Strait of Hormuz to open for the same period.

President Donald Trump had threatened to destroy Iran's entire civilization if his 8 p.m. ET deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is not met.

Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a lawsuit.

Vance said he was not there to tell Hungarians how to vote, but later told them to "go to the polls" and "stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you."

The Iran war has hit Amazon data centers in the region, and the company is working around the clock on availability, cloud chief Matt Garman said.

The company is reportedly facing engineering challenges in the development of the foldable phones, which are anticipated to launch later this year.

As the Iran war disrupts energy flows, Indian firms make their first China trip in five years, seeking EV, battery and renewable tie-ups.