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The FBI is investigating a deadly Austin bar shooting that killed two and injured over a dozen as possible terrorism, with the 53-year-old Senegalese suspect shot dead by police—a probe that arrives as the U.S. finds itself in a sprawling, undeclared war with Iran following the death of the country's Supreme Leader. American and Israeli forces have launched coordinated strikes across Iranian positions while Tehran has retaliated with waves of drones and missiles hitting U.S. bases, Israeli territory, RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, and—most dramatically—civilian infrastructure across Dubai, the UAE, and Bahrain, forcing residents indoors and slamming luxury hotels and airports. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has banned all Hezbollah military operations after the group's attack on Israel triggered devastating Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, deepening Lebanon's economic catastrophe, while QatarEnergy and Saudi Arabia have paused production amid Iranian drone strikes. Brent crude has spiked over 10 percent and European gas prices have surged nearly 50 percent as markets brace for a conflict with no clear off-ramp, leaving analysts scrambling to assess whether this is containable escalation or the opening act of something far worse.