Trump tells Americans to brace for higher fuel prices after unrepentant Iran told Washington to accept defeat

Trump tells Americans to brace for higher fuel prices after unrepentant Iran told Washington to accept defeat

Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran had not decided to resume talks with the US. He told Iranian news outlet Shahrara News in an interview published on Saturday that Washington must meet conditions on the strait in order for shipping to resume in the waterway that handled one-fifth of the world’s oil ⁠before the war.

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While US and Iran seem not interested in full-scale war it’s beginning to appear diplomacy will coexist with continued strategic competition

While US and Iran seem not interested in full-scale war it’s beginning to appear diplomacy will coexist with continued strategic competition

A US serviceman was killed in action in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone on Saturday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday.

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Panicky Iran announces tankers on fire in Strait of Hormuz as Houthis impose Saudi naval blockade

Panicky Iran announces tankers on fire in Strait of Hormuz as Houthis impose Saudi naval blockade

Bab el-Mandeb is a narrow waterway linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden through which Saudi oil exports and a substantial share of global shipping pass. Any serious interference at Bab el-Mandeb, coming after months of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, would raise the prospect that both of the region’s major oil export routes could be shut simultaneously.

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