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US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the United States is “badly and embarrassingly losing this war” against Iran, criticising the Trump administration for what he described as a lack of strategy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to destroy Iran's Kharg Island, a crude oil export hub, along with oil wells and power plants unless Tehran quickly accepted a deal to end the US-Israeli war.
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) navy, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, who was killed in an Israeli strike, will be buried in the city of Abadan in the western province of Khuzestan, Fars news agency reported.
El presidente Donald Trump desciende del helicóptero Marine One a su llegada al jardín sur de la Casa Blanca, el domingo 29 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/José Luis Magaña)
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The Sorek desalination plant operates in Rishon LeZion, Israel, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)
The White House has suggested that US President Donald Trump will ask Arab countries to cover the cost of the United States’ war against Iran, estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
From trade with China to the Middle East conflict and resulting energy shock, Brussels’ agenda has been repeatedly knocked off course
President Donald Trump waves to the media as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Spain has shut its airspace to aircraft linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, deepening a rift with Washington over the month-long conflict sweeping the Middle East.
Spain has closed its airspace to aircraft linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, deepening a rift with Washington over the month-long conflict sweeping the Middle East.
A US-made ballistic missile previously untested in combat struck a sports hall and an elementary school in southern Iran on the opening day of the US-Israeli war, according to a report by the New York Times.
Talks between the United States and Iran “are continuing and going well,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has insisted, while Israel continues its strikes against Iran.
Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, has said that as of now Iran “doesn’t need any negotiations,” but remains a “rational player” that is “not looking for war.” Speaking on RT’s ‘Sanchez Effect’, he said that Tehran has “never denied peace talks,” but insisted there must be “proper conditions” before any dial…
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JetBlue is hiking its baggage fees to counter higher fuel costs sparked by the Iran war – potentially a taste of things to come from major US airlines as the cost of oil soars above $100 a barrel.
The former head of US Central Command claimed the war campaign in Iran is going “further along than we would have expected” based on years of battle simulations.
U.S. stocks fell again as oil prices keep climbing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that policymakers should look past rising energy prices sparked by the war on Iran, adding that there is no need to hike interest rates now.
United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will destroy its energy operations if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened immediately. Source: AAP / Evan Vucci
Topic:Government and Politics
During her opening remarks today, Karoline Leavitt continued to blame Democratic lawmakers for the longest partial government shutdown in history, after both chambers of Congress remain at an impasse on passing a funding bill to reopen a portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Oil prices have surged to their highest level in nearly two weeks amid escalation on multiple fronts of the US–Israel war on Iran.
With a massive US military buildup in the Middle East and prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough looking grim, an American operation against Iran might finally be around the corner. Modern geopolitics, military technology and Iran’s defences make a land invasion highly complex. Military history teaches us that airp…
Patrick Wintour Fresh attacks on Red Sea shipping would be devastating – but the Iranian proxy has reasons to be cautious
By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’)
The recent right-wing campaign - joined by many leftists - in the US to blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dragging Washington into a war on Iran is only the latest campaign to exonerate the US from its imperialist crimes and to absolve Israel of Netanyahu's alleged machinations.
French police have arrested two more people over a foiled attack on Bank of America’s Paris headquarters as authorities probe a suspected link with the Iran war.
One month after the start of the war in the Middle East, the consequences for African countries are severe, particularly in terms of fuel supply. In Nigeria, fuel prices reached record highs on Monday despite the cushion provided by the Dangote refinery.
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Hello and welcome to our live rolling blog of the ongoing conflict in Iran, this Tuesday March 31.
Topic:Economic Trends and Indicators
Oil prices on course for record monthly rise amid risk of further escalation and mixed messaging from US
US stocks are swinging again as oil prices remain high because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end.
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Without diplomacy or restraint, the economic shock will deepen and US soldiers may become embroiled in a quagmire
Providing free public transport in NSW would punch a hole of up to $160 million a month in the state’s finances, amid growing pressure on the Minns government to ease hip-pocket pain from escalating fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
The tankers passing through Hormuz carry more than oil. They reflect how the Iran/China relationship is shaped by necessity, maintained through adaptation, and now tested under strain. (Reuters: Tingshu Wang)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and Arab Gulf royals should be kicked out of the West and put on the front lines of an Iran invasion before the US sends its own troops, Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, said.
US stocks jumped Monday afternoon and oil prices went on a wild ride as President Trump signaled a possible end to the war in Iran – even as the vital Strait of Hormuz remained closed and Tehran attacked Israel’s largest oil refinery.
The spike in U.S. gas prices is having a big impact on workers who drive their personal cars for a living. Prices are up $1 per gallon since the Iran war began. Many California drivers are paying more than $6 per gallon. (AP Video/Terry Chea)
Economy and finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have vowed to do what it takes to stabilise roiling energy markets amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
A link to Iran is suspected due to similarities to ‘recent attempted attacks in Europe which a pro-Iran group claimed responsibility for’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, discussed energy security amid the ongoing Iran and Ukraine conflicts in a phone call on Monday, according to the Kremlin.
WASHINGTON — Shocking leaked audio showed a lefty Democratic hopeful for Michigan Senate telling campaign staffers he wanted to avoid taking a position on the death of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because many voters were distraught over it.
An oil refinery in northern Israel has been struck in a missile barrage from Iran and Lebanon, Israeli media report, in the second attack on the facility since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began last month.
PARIS — French authorities are investigating a suspected link to Iran after thwarting a bomb attack outside a Bank of American building in Paris on the weekend, the interior minister said Monday.