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Iranian sources on Monday disclosed Tehran’s latest proposal to bridge gaps with the U.S. over worldwide shipping woes resulting from the war started two months earlier, which would push wider talks about Iran’s nuclear program until later. That suggestion is unlikely to satisfy Washington, which says nuclear issues must be …

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. President Donald Trump in a morning social media post ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and …

The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again on Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. New attacks on the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, …

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Oil prices dropped more than 13 per cent on Friday, and U.S. stocks raced toward another …

A blockade is a high-risk gamble for high reward Trump has a track record for using high-risk pressure to seek a desired outcome. With the blockade, he hopes Iran will buckle to the U.S.’s demands in now-stalled truce talks. Once enacted, the blockade seeks to starve Iran of $200 million …

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising …

Shippers looking to revive the passage of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz were seeking clarity on the logistics on Wednesday, while refiners inquired about new crude loadings, in response to a ceasefire deal between the U.S. ‌and Iran. Most stranded oil and gas tankers remained inside the Gulf, LSEG …

Thousands reported killed across region since Iran war began Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since the war between Iran, the U.S. and Israel began on Feb. 28, according to compiled figures from authorities and rights groups. In Iran, U.S.-based rights group HRANA said 3,546 people …

The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, while Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The attacks showed the intensity of the war more than a month after the U.S. and Israel launched …

U.S. President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would hold off on threatened strikes against Iranian power plants for five days. In his announcement on Truth Social, Trump also held out the possibility of …