Defense

TikTok vowed to legally challenge the measure if President Joe Biden signed it into law.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/24/biden-signs-israel-ukraine-tiktok-bill-into-law.html

President Biden initially proposed aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan in October.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/senate-advances-aid-for-israel-ukraine-taiwan-tiktok-bill.html

The AUKUS alliance was forged in 2021 to address shared regional concerns about China's rising power.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/aukus-wont-trigger-a-nuclear-arms-race-in-the-region.html

Global military spending reached a fresh record high in 2023, totaling $2.4 trillion, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/22/global-military-spending-hit-an-all-time-high-in-2023-report-says.html

Alexey Muraviev of Curtin University said on Friday that his read of the situation in the Middle East is that Israel and Iran are committed to not taking the "escalation stage further upwards."

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/22/israel-and-iran-are-committed-to-not-escalating-tensions-professor-says.html

President Biden first proposed a funding package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. border in October.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/20/house-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-potential-tiktok-ban-.html

British defense contractor BAE Systems does business with countries accused of known or suspected human rights abuses, according to a new report.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/bae-systems-linked-to-deals-in-countries-accused-of-human-rights-abuses-report.html

A full-blown Israel-Iran war would be devastating to both sides and highly destabilizing for the Middle East. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/israel-and-iran-all-out-war-or-measured-retaliation-.html

Viktor Shvets of Macquarie Capital says "risk is everywhere", and policy makers and central banks will look through risks and supply side disruptions.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/19/higher-oil-prices-from-escalating-israel-iran-tensions-will-make-the-u-s-fed-more-dovish-strategist.html

Israel launched a limited direct military attack on Iranian soil early Friday morning, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/israel-carries-out-limited-strike-against-iran-source-says-.html

The sanctions by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control target 16 individuals and two entities involved in Tehran's drone production.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/us-unveils-sanctions-on-irans-drone-program-following-israel-attack.html

Robert Schein of Blanke Schein Wealth Management is bullish on the defense sector given ongoing geopolitical tensions.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/17/defense-is-the-place-to-be-on-a-multi-year-multi-decade-basis.html

On Monday, traffic stalled in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and New York as protesters blocked roads to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/senator-encourages-drivers-to-drag-gaza-cease-fire-protestors-from-roads.html

Yellen's comments come as Israel's wartime Cabinet is weighing how to respond to the attack in retaliation for an Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/16/treasury-department-to-impose-sanctions-on-iran-after-israel-attack.html

President Biden initially proposed a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and U.S. border security in October.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/speaker-johnson-israel-ukraine-taiwan-bills.html

World leaders called for calm and restraint in the aftermath of Iran's large-scale air attacks on Israel.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/world-leaders-react-to-irans-unprecedented-air-assault-against-israel.html

Ryan Bohl, senior Middle East and North Africa analyst at the Rane Network, discusses Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel and how Israel might respond.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/15/analyst-discusses-how-israel-might-respond-to-iran-attack.html

David Roche, president and global strategist at Independent Strategy, discusses Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel and says "you have all degrees of escalation that are possible, but escal...

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/15/david-roche-israeli-escalation-against-iran-is-baked-in-the-cake.html

President Joe Biden convened a meeting of G-7 leaders to coordinate a diplomatic response to Iran’s attack.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/14/white-house-will-wait-and-see-on-iran-response-after-israel-attack.html

Airspace in Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and other parts of the Middle East reopened on Sunday but some flights were still canceled.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/13/jordan-israel-close-airspace-amid-report-of-drone-attack-from-iran.html

President Biden said Friday that he expected Iran might attack Israel soon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/13/iran-has-launched-drone-attacks-at-israel-idf-military-says.html

Trump imposed a series of tariffs on China in 2018, many of which Biden has upheld throughout his term.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/bidens-china-tariff-threats-are-more-bark-than-bite-economists-say.html

The speech comes a day after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden met and outlined new military cooperation plans and projects.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/11/japanese-pm-kishida-says-the-us-must-play-leading-role-in-the-world.html

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https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/10/ukraine-funding-battle-kicks-off.html

Janet Yellen arrived in China on Thursday and is due to depart on Tuesday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/08/yellen-us-ready-to-sanction-china-for-supporting-russian-military.html

President Joe Biden toughened his rhetoric toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on Thursday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/07/white-house-israel-troop-reduction-in-gaza-does-not-mean-new-strategy.html

Michael Clarke, visiting professor in the department of war studies at King's College London, discusses the likely impact of NATO's potential 100 billion euro ($108.5 billion) aid package for Ukr...

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/04/04/nato-100-billion-euro-ukraine-aid-package-too-little-professor-says.html

The Israel-Hamas war is more an Iranian war against Israel waged via proxies, says former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/04/former-trump-advisor-john-bolton-says-gaza-war-still-in-early-stages.html

Biden and Xi had a phone call Tuesday to discuss economic concerns, cybersecurity threats and more.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/joe-biden-and-chinas-xi-jinping-speak-by-phone-.html

"The abstention is a very strong signal to Israel that the United States is losing patience," one senior regional analyst told CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/israel-gaza-us-abstention-on-un-cease-fire-vote-triggers-netanyahu-rage.html