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A former Pentagon official said the goal of the U.S. blockade is to get the Iranians to back down and restore freedom of navigation to the strait.
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The U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz risks deepening the energy shock, but markets are shrugging it off amid optimism for a deal.
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European countries declined to take part in the action, which is designed to pressure Iran into making concessions by cutting off its oil income.
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In 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah's top leaders and is thought to have decimated its arsenal. So how is the Iran-backed group still firing thousands of rockets into Israel?
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The U.S. military has provided few details on how it might carry out President Trump's orders as he seeks to pressure Tehran on a peace deal. But history and established practices offer some clues.
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Also, Trump clashes with the pope. Here's the latest at the end of Monday.
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The U.S. team of Vance and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner made progress with Iran during the Islamabad talks, the vice president said.
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Treasury yields rose fractionally Monday as the price of global crude oil benchmarks climbed about 7%, once again clouding the U.S. inflation outlook.
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The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.
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The United States proposed a 20-year "suspension" of all nuclear activity, even as President Trump demands assurances that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon.
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A U.S. blockade of Iranian ports has gone into effect Monday, while President Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal.
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Peace talks broke down over Iran's nuclear program, which has survived two decades of international diplomacy seeking to curtail it and more than five weeks of bombing.
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The vast majority did not believe Hezbollah or Iran had been severely weakened by weeks of Israeli and US attacks, according to the poll.
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On Sunday, President Trump said the U.S. would blockade the Strait of Hormuz after negotiations between the U.S. and Iran broke down over the weekend.
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