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US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea in bid to ease supply pressures Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefit The Trump administration has waived sanctions on Iranian oil purchases at sea for 30 days to ease surging oil...

Closure of Strait of Hormuz is 'greatest global energy security threat in history,' warns IEA chief Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, does not rule out another release of part of the member states' strategic oil reserves to ease prices. "We are facing the...

How Trump’s war is slipping out of control The question is no longer whether President Donald Trump has lost control of the narrative of his new war in Iran. It’s whether he’s lost control of the war itself. Wars, once begun, create their own insidious momentum that can outpace a White...

Iran threatens tourism sites and US sends more Marines to Middle East as Trump hints at wind-down DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as...

Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran Washington — Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources briefed on the discussions told CBS News. Senior military commanders have...

US to deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say The deployments of the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, along with its Marine Expeditionary Unit and accompanying warships, come after Reuters reported that President Donald Trump's administration was...

The IRGC Just Put a Toll Booth on 21% of Global Oil Nine vessels have paid two million dollars each to transit the Strait of Hormuz under IRGC escort. Five nations are negotiating access. The blockade just became a business. The IRGC is charging $2M per vessel to pass through the...

Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job Hegseth said "family after family" of service members killed urged the administration to “not stop until the job is done." The father said he appreciated the compassion that Hegseth and Trump showed...

Which Iranian Air Defense System Targeted F-35 and Why russia Was Clearly Involved The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which announced it had hit an F-35, operates only two types of air defense systems, and only one that could theoretically do it clearly shows russian Buk-2M features...

US Aircraft Losses Mount Amid High-Tempo Airstrike Campaign At least 16 US military aircraft have been lost since the start of the war with Iran, including 10 Reaper strike drones hit by enemy fire and a half-dozen other planes badly damaged in attacks or accidents. The most serious losses were...

Israel desperately wants the GCC to provide boots on the ground.

Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran despite Trump urging restraint, as regional conflict escalates and energy markets reel Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran despite Trump urging restraint, as regional conflict escalates and energy markets reel Israel carried out a new wave of...

Iran’s Real War Is Against the Global Economy Iran may be losing the military contest with the United States. But it is fighting a different war—one aimed at the global economy. Over the past 12 days, the United States has demonstrated clear military superiority. Iran’s navy has been severely...

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing. Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events...

US may remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded in tankers, Bessent says WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. may soon remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded on tankers at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday as Washington seeks to curb prices soaring over Iran's...

US and allied radar sites in the Middle East struck at least 10 times: Visual analysis In the early days of the war with Iran, which began more than two weeks ago, Iran and its proxies repeatedly targeted the sensitive missile defense infrastructure that underpins the early warning system used...

How the U.S. Military’s Quiet Response to Atrocities Enables the Next One Blaming the machine will be the first refuge of an empire that has spent decades perfecting the art of killing without accountability. The US military is remaining silent right now about the extent to which Claude AI...