Lebanese Americans Open Their Wallets and Hearts as War Rages Back Home

Unexpected military operations strain US Army’s coffers

Iran War Cost Tracker has put the estimated US cost since the Iran war began at over $101 billion

Lebanese Americans open their wallets and hearts as war rages back home

CANTON, Mich. (AP) — Every week, Mirvet Makki sets aside earnings from her catering business to help people in Lebanon displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

Japan sees shortage of plastic bags, trays and gloves, as Iran war-induced naphtha shortage worsens

The Middle East is Japan’s main source of crude oil, from which naphtha is extracted and used to make items including printing ink and plasticsTakeaways, supermarkets, and bakeries in Japan are running out of plastic bags, trays and food service gloves amid widening shortages of the key plastic ingredient, naphtha, due to the Middle East crisis.The food sector accounts for nearly one-third of Japan’s annual plastic use of more than 8m tonnes, an…

US-Iran war pushes up prices of stationery as schools reopen; bags, bottles cost more

Chennai school reopening sees stationery and bag prices rise ₹5–₹300 as war-driven plastic and logistics costs increase; notebooks largely stable.