Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right.

Australia's defense minster says the Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape and the country is significantly increasing its military spending.

China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far.

More than three dozen Democrats supported an effort by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to block arms sales to Israel, signaling a growing discontent in the party with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the wars in Gaza and Iran.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R.

The Republican-led Senate has rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained.

Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises.

News4JAX wants to help you get the most out of the gas in your tank. Mechanic Aaron Nelson from Aaron’s Car Care joins us now to walk us through some simple steps we can all take to cut down on how much gas we consume in our cars to help save us some money.

China’s exports grew 2.5% in March from a year ago, significantly slowing from the previous two months as uncertainties rose from the Iran war and its impact on energy prices and global demand.

The Iran war has stalled the world’s economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday.

Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel.

U.S. stocks rallied and recovered the last of their losses caused so far by the U.S.-Iran war, as hope remains on Wall Street that the global economy can still avoid a worst-case scenario.

Jacksonville is home to several major naval installations, with ships deployed or preparing to deploy. With the ceasefire now in effect, local families can expect a halt in active fighting — but not in military readiness.

Stocks drifted mostly lower on Wall Street and oil prices slipped ahead of planned U.S.-Iran talks following a shaky ceasefire agreement.

FIFA has added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year’s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.

The head of the International Monetary Fund says the war in Iran is darkening the outlook for the world economy, and that's the case whether or not a fragile ceasefire holds.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture.

A key measure of inflation stayed high in February, before the war in Iran spiked gas prices, a sign that everyday costs were elevated even before the conflict began.

U.S. stocks rose, even though oil prices did too, as financial markets moved more modestly a day after surging on optimism about a ceasefire in the war with Iran.

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users.

More Federal Reserve policymakers were willing to consider an interest rate hike this year at their March meeting than in January, as higher gas prices stemming from the Iran war threatened to worsen inflation in the coming months.

Southwest Airlines said Wednesday it is raising its checked baggage fees by $10 less than a year after ending its famous “bags fly free” policy.

The mother of an freelance American journalist who was released from captivity in Iraq says she hopes her daughter will finally return home to rural Wisconsin after living abroad for decades.

The Diamond League track meet in Qatar has been postponed from next month to June 19 if conditions allow amid ongoing uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

Former US Ambassador to the UN Nancy Soderberg joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show to look at the obstacles to a lasting agreement with Iran and whether or not this is the off-ramp President Trump is looking for to end the war.

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war.

President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that American journalist Shelley Kittleson, who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released.

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Jacksonville University political analyst Matt Corrigan joins me on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to discuss Secretary of State Marco Rubio's relative insulation when it comes to backlash over the US-Israel war with Iran.

President Donald Trump is holding a White House briefing room press conference on the crew member who was rescued by U.S. special forces in Iran.

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide.

Aid groups are warning that the war in the Middle East has upended their ability to get food and medicine to millions in need and that more people will suffer if the violence continues.

A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears.

China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on.

Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to lower costs and end wars.

U.S. futures were trading modestly lower following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government.

President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.

Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers that sell on its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time.

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.

President Donald Trump sought to explain his rationale for the war against Iran in a primetime address Wednesday.

U.S. and Iraqi officials say U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was warned of threats before she was kidnapped in Baghdad.

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon.

South Africans have rushed to buy fuel as the country braces for record price hikes tied to the US-Iran-Israel conflict.

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran.

President Trump issued a new threat to Iran’s energy infrastructure if a ceasefire isn’t reached ‘shortly’. He threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including desalination plants.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine will hold a press briefing at the Pentagon.

Europe’s inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March, according to official figures released Tuesday, as the Iran war sent energy prices sharply higher.

U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war and he's praying especially for Christians in the Middle East.

In a story published March 29, 2026, about the latest developments from the Iran war, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the site in Israel where a warehouse was damaged in a missile attack.

The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base.

A bipartisan group of senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France.

U.S. stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

Ships homeported at Naval Station Mayport are playing a significant role in the American military response in the Middle East, as Operation Epic Fury continues.

Republicans face growing political trouble ahead of November's midterm elections as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high and voters worry about living costs.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution.

Businesses might be quicker to raise prices in response to the Iran war due to bitter memories of the energy price inflation that broke out after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Kenya’s flower industry is losing up to $1.4 million a week as the Iran war cuts demand and disrupts shipping.

The jump in gas prices stemming from the war in Iran has had another impact that may also affect many Americans’ finances: Higher interest rates.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.

Sailors assigned to the USS Mason at Naval Station Mayport set sail Tuesday on a scheduled deployment overseas.

U.S. stock indexes slipped and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising.

It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days.

President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress.

Since Feb. 28, what officials describe as an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, Israel and Iran has had ripple effects across the United States, from the stock market to gasoline prices and residents’ mental health.

The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information.

Families in Jacksonville who fled Iran said they have been unable to reach relatives since internet service in Iran dropped sharply after fighting began Feb. 28.

The European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged Thursday and warned that the Iran war would boost inflation in the short term through higher energy prices but that the long-term impact on consumer prices and the economy was uncertain.

There appeared to be some tension as President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answered questions from White House reporters about Japan’s support for the Iran war.

A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump.

The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, is forecasting annual retail sales will grow at a faster clip this year than last year, citing consumers’ resilience despite lots of economic volatility.

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.

President Donald Trump was present as the remains of six U.S. service members returned from the Middle East to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

The U_S_ government’s top intelligence official has told lawmakers that Iran’s government “appears to be intact but largely degraded.”.

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation in the wake of the Iran war, suggesting the Fed could stand pat for an extended period.

President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iran war has scrambled the Federal Reserve’s outlook on inflation and unemployment and will likely further delay interest rate cuts this year, putting off any relief for consumers struggling with high borrowing costs for home and car purchases.

What began as a decapitation campaign is drifting toward a geopolitical and economic crisis, which Iran could survive. Without clear aims, a sustaining narrative, or allied cohesion, tactical victories risk translating into strategic defeat.

President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.

President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office.

The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict.

UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been canceled after the widening Middle East war.

Thousands of people have protested in Italy against wars in the Middle East and proposed judicial reforms by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Newly released data shows the U.S. economy was already showing signs of strain even before the launch of the Iran war, underscoring the risks that rising energy prices could pose.

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a press conference at the Pentagon on Friday at 8 a.m.

Wall Street’s losses deepened as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global economy.

Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran.

Florida motorists faced a sharp jump in pump prices after escalating tensions in the Middle East pushed oil and gasoline futures higher.

Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.

President Donald Trump cast the war with Iran as a “little excursion” during a retreat for House Republicans, portraying the ongoing U.S. bombing campaign as a necessity.

U.S. stocks held steadier as Wall Street waited for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end.