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US begins Iran port blockade, oil prices ease
IEA chief warns of tougher month for energy markets
US details bounds of Hormuz blockade as two ships turn around
US, Iran leave door open to dialogue after tense talks
US begins naval blockade of Iranian ports
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US begins Iran port blockade, oil prices ease

WASHINGTON/DUBAI - The U.S. military began a blockade of Iran's ​ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial waterway, although ​hopes for dialogue to end the war provided some relief to oil...

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US aircraft searching for a pilot was destroyed: Iran

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Trump says two US airmen rescued in Iran

The Iranian state media said to show fragments of a downed U.S. jet in this picture said to be taken in central Iran

Make deal or face 'Hell'

A girl looks on during a demonstration in solidarity with Iran and denouncing the US-Israeli war against it, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on Saturday. — AFP

UN Hormuz vote now expected next week

China's UN envoy Fu Cong opposed authorizing force.

Strike hits near Iranian nuclear plant

Media representatives gather around the damaged building of the Shahid Beheshti University following a strike, in Tehran. — AFP

Iraq shuts key Shalamcheh crossing with Iran

A traveller waits for border procedures to cross back into Iran at the Shalamjah (Shalamcheh) border crossing with Iran in southeastern Iraq on April 4, 2026. A US-Israeli strike on April 4 hit the border trade terminal, killing one person, according to Iranian media. After the strike, Iraq suspended trade and passenger movement through the crossing, the Iraqi News Agency, quoting the Border Ports Authority chief. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

Israel issues evacuation warnings for Tyre

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. Israel renewed its bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs on March 30 while continuing air strikes on Lebanon's south, one of which targeted an army checkpoint and killed a soldier. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East conflict when Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in revenge for the killing of Iran's supreme leader, the opening salvo in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)

Italian PM in Qatar after Saudi visit

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on as she waits for the arrival of President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

Erdogan war has caused 'geostrategic impasse'

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make a deal

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington

Iran’s FM calls for ‘conclusive’ and ‘lasting’ end to the war

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Dealing with debris falling on 2 buildings: Dubai

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What we know about the F-15E shot down by Iran

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Iran, US race to find crew member of crashed fighter jet

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Downed planes spell new peril for Trump

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