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• No respite from war:The US said it completed a 13th consecutive night of strikes, hours after President Donald Trump signaled he’s not yet ready to negotiate a new ceasefire. Four people were killed, according to state media. Following the latest onslaught, Iran claimed it targeted US assets in Bahrain and Jordan

U.S. Central Command said the attacks were designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters,” as the Americans push to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz and restore the flow of international shipping

President Donald Trump defended his administration’s ongoing war with Iran after four U.S. troops were killed over the weekend and hours after the House and Senate split on whether to tell the president to end the conflict

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When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Manila, on the margins of a summit of Southeast Asian nations, Moscow’s war on Ukraine was officially the top agenda item

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has claimed Iran is “begging for a deal” amid escalating tensions across the Middle East, while warning that Tehran will face intensifying US strikes “every night until they come to their senses”

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran is privately pressing Washington for a deal to end the war but Tehran is not yet “ready” to accept one

Dagen McDowell highlights how Iran’s financial support of terror proxies, including the Houthis in Yemen, has led to a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia. This significant escalation in the Middle East jeopardizes critical oil shipping lanes in the Red Sea, causing global investors to remain on high alert due to potential economic repercussions

The war in Iran appeared to be spreading on Wednesday after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels bombed two Saudi oil tankers off the coast of Saudi Arabia, threatening to further disrupt oil supply

Amid mounting regional instability, the British government has temporarily pulled its diplomatic personnel out of Iran, leaving the embassy to function on a remote basis