Middle East

The ceasefire started on April 16.

The president said that an Iranian official said the U.S. and potentially China has the technology to remove material after 2025 strikes on nuclear facilities.

A senior U.S. admiral told a U.S. Senate committee that Iran’s capabilities to threaten U.S. forces and regional interests had been ’substantially degraded.’

The law enforcement bureau says Monica Witt allegedly put ’sensitive and classified U.S. national defense information and programs’ at risk.

Since the start of the war, crude oil output from OPEC has fallen by more than 30 percent.

Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz for weeks in response to a U.S.-Israeli air and naval campaign that began on Feb. 28.

Adm. Brad Cooper told senators that Tehran has 10 percent drone and missile capacity, disputing other assessments.

The U.S. president’s comments were made amid growing allegations that China has quietly supported Iran’s military capabilities.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the piece ‘one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press.’

The ship is now heading toward Iranian waters, officials said Thursday.

Iran reacted to claims of Gulf cooperation with Israel, warning that countries working against Tehran would be ‘held to account.’

Vance warned that an Iranian nuclear weapon could trigger a wider arms race in the Middle East.

The Secretary of State said that it is in Beijing’s interests to rectify the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is disrupting the global energy supply.

The 12-member cartel anticipates global oil demand will remain robust this year.

Public opposition and rising gas prices have intensified pressure on lawmakers.

Carriers around the world have cut flight schedules and raised prices due to Iran’s efforts to close the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said that the United States was ‘only going to make a good deal’ with Iran, and that ‘we’ll win it one way or another.’

The blockade is aimed at putting economic pressure on Iran as the country loses out on export revenues and importing essentials such as food gets harder.

Seoul is considering personnel deployments, intelligence-sharing, and military assets as part of a phased contribution plan.

Ahead of the Trump–Xi meeting, both nations signaled an openness to dialogue, but analysts say breakthroughs are unlikely.