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US-Iran tensions deepen as Washington enforces a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a sharp rise in oil prices past $114 per barrel. Tehran offers a 5-year pause on nuclear activity, but the US demands a longer freeze.
An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle near the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, killing two people, according to National News Agency. The incident is part of a fresh wave of Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon this morning, with several other strikes also reported to have caused casualties.
President Trump on Monday said that Iran had reached out seeking a deal “very badly,” even as the US imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports warning that any Iranian attack ships approaching restricted waters in the Strait of Hormuz would be destroyed.
Follow real-time developments as the US-Israel war with Iran intensifies through a major maritime escalation, with Washington enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports while diplomatic efforts continue in parallel.
US President Donald Trump said Monday the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping touted shared principles with Spain to counter global disorder during an official visit by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, which comes after both sides have criticized US-Israeli attacks on Iran and called for peace.
The fallout of the US and Israel’s war with Iran is poised to cost the Asia-Pacific economy hundreds of billions of dollars and plunge millions into poverty, a United Nations report said Tuesday.
US Iran talks in Islamabad end without breakthrough but keep dialogue alive, high stakes over Strait of Hormuz, nuclear program and sanctions remain
The United Nations Development Program warned in a new report that 32 million people could be forced into poverty as a result of the U.S. Iran war
A senior Pakistani government source told CBS News that Islamabad is in active contact with Washington and Tehran to bring them back to the negotiating table over the Iran war.
Leo, who has been unusually direct in his criticism of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, told NBC News that he had “no fear of the Trump administration” and vowed to keep up his appeals for peace that he said were rooted in the gospel.