US escalates trade row with China over Iran war ahead of Trump-Xi summit ⊖
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Trump will depart for Beijing in just under a week, alongside a delegation of American CEOs primed to stake out deals with the country’s geopolitical rival.
With Trump’s low approval rating and Republicans’ ‘self-destruction’, can Democrats take the Senate? ⊕
Even with the Iran war weighing Trump’s party down, Democrats face a challenge turning the upper chamber blue
The county of Louisa in eastern Iowa is so rural that there is not a single stoplight on i…
Iran demands guarantees for World Cup participation ○
The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) has presented Fifa with 10 conditions for participation at the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.
‘On level of atomic bomb’: Iran highlights Hormuz importance amid US talks ⊕
The strait represents 'a capability that can affect the entire global economy with a single decision', politician says.
Bahrain rounds up dozens over alleged links to Iran’s IRGC ⊖
The country's interior ministry said legal proceedings are under way against the 41 people arrested.
Neither US nor Iran can sustain strait of Hormuz standoff indefinitely ⊖
Simply hanging on could be a disaster for Iranians, while Trump needs to resolve this economic crisis he created
Exchanges of fire between Iran and the US demonstrate the serious instability of the s…
US says the fragile truce with Iran holds as it awaits response to its latest ceasefire proposal ⊖
Washington insists its month-long ceasefire with Iran is continuing to hold despite renewed hostilities and the recent exchanges of fire. The US says it is awaiting Iran’s response to its latest ceas…
U.S. and Iran are no closer to ending war; Tehran's response awaited ⊖⊖
Recent days have seen the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the Strait of Hormuz since a ceasefire began a month ago.
The Iran war will change global energy markets in these important ways, oil executives say ⊖
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has resulted in the loss of nearly a billion barrels of oil with the shortage growing worse every day.
Iran says it will play at 2026 World Cup if hosts address ‘concerns’ ⊖
Iran's presence at the tournament has been shrouded in uncertainty since the US and Israel launched war on the country.