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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi walk to attend the talks at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)Politics

    Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz amid oil price surge, but Trump seems unlikely to accept

    By Samy Magdy, Jon Gambrell, and others
  • Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)Politics

    Trump calls off sending Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan as Iran ceasefire talks fail before they even began. ‘Too much time wasted on traveling’

    By Munir Ahmed, Samy Magdy, and others
  • reaganPolitics

    America learned how to guard ships going through the mined Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s during the ‘Tanker War’

    By Jon Gambrell and The Associated Press
  • iranPolitics

    Trump orders ‘shoot and kill’ on small boats in Strait of Hormuz while holding to indefinite cease-fire

    By Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten, and others
  • hormuzPolitics

    Iran fires on 3 ships in Strait of Hormuz amid supposedly indefinite cease-fire

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • iranPolitics

    U.S., Iranian officials signal that more cease-fire talks will go ahead in Pakistan

    By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, and others
  • iranPolitics

    Trump and Iran both claim they have a cease-fire. They don’t agree on what they agreed to

    By Jon Gambrell, Elena Becatoros, and others
  • iranPolitics

    Iran closes strait, challenges U.S. to rein in Israel: ‘the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments’

    By Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump agrees 2-week ceasefire, says Iran has proposed a ‘workable’ 10-point peace plan

    By Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell, and others
  • LAKENHEATH, UNITED KINGDOM – 2026/03/18: An F-15 seen preparing for take off at Lakenheath. RAF Lakenheath has been used for transiting planes on their way to war. Over 100 fighter jets have left RAF Lakenheath for the Middle East since January, according to Lakenheath Alliance for Peace. At least one F-15 jet from Lakenheath was reportedly among those that crashed in Kuwait at the beginning of the war. The major US air base in Suffolk hosts the United States Air Force Europe 48th Fighter Wing (Liberty Wing). (Photo by Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Politics

    U.S. military continues frantic search for missing F-15 airman shot down over Iran, while Tehran calls on public to find ‘enemy pilot’

    By Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, and others
  • hegsethEnergy

    ‘Go get your own oil’: Trump’s message to allies who haven’t backed war in Iran

    By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Iran attacks Gulf, Israeli infrastructure and Trump considers a big strike to wipe out drinking water supplies

    By Jon Gambrell, Josh Boak, and others
  • A view of the damages at Hypercar, an auto service center, which according to the company’s officials were caused by strikes on March 1, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Politics

    Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel, raising fears they will attack ships in the Red Sea and disrupt traffic through Suez Canal

    By Samy Magdy, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • A first responder inspects the damaged structure of a residential building hit in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Politics

    Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities as Tehran vows retaliation ‘will no longer be an eye for an eye’

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • hormuzEnergy

    Trump’s big accomplishment in Iran is ‘de facto ‘toll booth’ regime’ in the Strait of Hormuz, shipping analyst says

    By David McHugh, Jon Gambrell, and others