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US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within a week. He told reporters at the White House that Tehran “want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they’re losing so badly”. In a post on Telegram, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas…
Iran’s president says Tehran wants a deal with the U.S. before November’s midterm elections, as the regime puts an offer on the table.
TEHRAN, IRAN – MARCH 15: People clear rubble in a house in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles…
Numerous merchant ships belonging to Iran and other countries remain at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 8, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Crude oil prices rose Thursday but were off session highs on a report that U.S. and Iranian negotiators in New York are discussing…
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Crude oil prices popped on Sunday after Saudi Arabia closed its critical pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were up 2.89% to $102.94 per barrel by 12:27 a.m. ET. Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded 2.82% higher to $107.56 per barrel. Drones launched from Iraq damaged the East-West pipeline…
File: A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee | WANA | Reuters The U.S. military on Tuesday said an unmanned submersible that Iran reportedly seized in the Strait of Hormuz was “defective” and carried no sensitive data or classified equipment. “An…
11m ago School books seen among rubble after deadly strike in Lebanon School books and remnants of furniture were among the rubble left by Israeli strikes that hit a building in the Lebanese town of Kfar Rumman, according to an AFP photographer who saw the debris. The building was destroyed, and 11 people were…
