Efforts underway for 2nd round of US-Iran talks as ships reported transiting Hormuz

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened yesterday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across

US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement 

US Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for

Ceasefire teeters with disagreements over Lebanon and Hormuz

A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered yesterday under the weight of Israel’s bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

US, Israel and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire but attacks resume

Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back from his

Iraq’s oil hub slows to a crawl as Strait of Hormuz shutdown strangles exports

A degassing station in Zubair oil field near Basra, yesterday Iraqi oil fields once alive with the buzz of workers are nearly deserted. Ports that

Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech

Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after

Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war

Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as talks appear to be moving ahead

This image from video provided by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) President Donald Trump openly mused about

Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’ as regional diplomats meet on the war 

From left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Islamabad,

Iran and the US harden their positions as Tehran keeps its grip on the Strait of Hormuz

A woman who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sits outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Iran and the United States

Iran received a ceasefire plan from the US but Tehran dismisses idea

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the

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