Jon Gambrell

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  • iranMiddle East

    Iran minister mocks Trump for ‘begging’ for help on reopening Hormuz, claims attacks came from UAE

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • Plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Middle East

    Iran openly threatens neighbor’s non-U.S. assets for first time, telling UAE ports to evacuate

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Iran stretches war into third week with missile strike on U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • The US Navy’s USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship is seen during a port call at the Port Area in Manila on September 27, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    U.S. to send 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to Mideast, pulling them from waters near Taiwan

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Iran’s new Supreme Leader warns of ‘opening other fronts’ in first statement from hiding

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, prompting Iranian retaliation with missile attacks across the region and intensifying concerns about disruption to global energy and transport. (Photo by Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    Iran’s new supreme leader may have been wounded at the start of the war, Israeli intelligence says

    By The Associated Press, Jon Gambrell, and others
  • trumpEnergy

    Iran gloats about hitting Trump where it hurts: ‘Just look at the state of the global economy and energy markets — it has been very painful for them’

    By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press
  • straitEnergy

    Understanding Iran’s Strait of Hormuz, and why Europe may be facing a Ukraine-like energy crisis again

    By Jon Gambrell, Mae Anderson, and others
  • iranEnergy

    America says it’s destroying mine-laying Iranian ships as Trump denies that Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz

    By Jon Gambrell, Julie Watson, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Iran targets Dubai airport, commercial ships across the Gulf as war widens

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • trumpMiddle East

    Trump calls war in Iran ‘a little excursion … to get rid of some evil,’ predicting end to hostilities soon

    By Jon Gambrell, Will Weissert, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Iran’s Assembly of Experts picks 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei as next Supreme Leader

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, and others
  • Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises in the sky in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Middle East

    Mideast’s water supply at risk as Bahrain and Iran say their desalination plants were attacked amid expanding war

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, and others
  • Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital Tehran as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Middle East

    Iran sends conflicting signals on war, highlighting split between leaders looking to de-escalate vs. hard-liners bent on fighting the U.S. and Israel

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • iranMiddle East

    Trump says ‘I have to be involved’ in choosing next Iran leader, ‘like with Delcy in Venezuela’

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others