China’s top diplomat met with Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday and called for greater efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and for an end to the war, after the Trump administration pressed Beijing to help end Tehran’s chokehold over the waterway. Meeting in Beijing with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
The US, Canada and Mexico will co-host the World Cup between 11 June and 19 July. Iran are scheduled to play two games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, and then Egypt in Seattle on 26 June. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said last week that…
NewsFeed Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, who’s condemned the US and Israel’s war on Iran as ‘illegitimate.’ The visit comes as China remains a key buyer of Iranian oil, in defiance of US sanctions, while Washington tries to cut off Tehran’s revenue. Published…
President Trump, in a sudden reversal, announced on Tuesday evening that the United States was pausing “for a short period of time” efforts to help guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked to most commercial ships for weeks. The president’s announcement came one day after the effort began. He said…
As the U.S. remains at war with Iran, the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request has raised the prospect of a significant increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in regions that put them at risk of taking hostile fire or other job-related dangers. As first reported by Stars and Stripes, Army and…
President Trump keeps looking for the magic formula that will deliver him victory in Iran. First was the airstrike last June intended, he said, to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear program. Then came the intense February air campaign carried out with Israel and designed, he said, to deliver regime change and a popular uprising. Then he bet…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Tuesday in the Pentagon that vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz currently have access to a secure lane, as the U.S. seeks to restore freedom of navigation through the embattled sea passage. The guarantee comes a day after U.S. Naval Forces Central Command issued a security warning regarding maritime…
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump said Iran should ‘wave the white flag of surrender’ in the war, and accused Iran’s leaders of playing games in negotiations. He also said higher oil prices are a ‘small price to pay’ to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026 Click here…
Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump on Monday sought to portray his policy wins for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the economy. Speaking to business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House,…
More than two months into the Iran war, some 1,600 ships remain stranded in dangerous conditions in the Strait of Hormuz, with roughly 20,000 seafarers on board. On Monday, a U.S.-flagged ship operated by a subsidiary of Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, became one of the relatively small number of vessels to…
