US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Michigan on July 27. Evan Vucci/Reuters US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he called off planned strikes on Iran, adding later that officials from Washington and Tehran will meet for talks later today. Iran has denied it is having…
[Today’s Iran war, as usual, fired a bit early. Please return at 7:30 AM EDT for a final version] As most of you know well, Trump again TACOed over the weekend, calling off a loudly-broadcast, supposedly monster attack on Iran at the very last minute, in yet another instance of Trump being influenced by the…
Egypt intensified its diplomatic efforts on Sunday to contain regional tensions and prevent a wider conflict after US President Donald Trump said he had suspended a planned strike on Iran following preliminary understandings that could include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Tehran’s nuclear programme. Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Foreign Minister Badr…
Samy Magdi and Aamer Madhani August 2, 2026 — 10:12am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The US State Department has issued new security alerts for Americans in 10 countries in the Middle East region to be “prepared to depart” due…
Iran has not sought negotiations with the United States over the past two weeks and will not relinquish control of the Hormuz Strait, a senior Iranian official said yesterday, hours before the country launched a fresh round of missile attacks against US bases in Jordan. US President Donald Trump had claimed that Iran was “dying…
Soldiers die in war. But ever since the death toll in Vietnam broke a generation’s appetite for war, the American public has been uniquely sensitive to casualty counts as a result of our military actions abroad. We venerate fallen servicemembers as heroes, no matter how just the conflict they died in was. But now, Donald…
Donald Trump has said he is close to deciding whether to launch “a massive attack” against Iran, on a scale larger than strikes already witnessed during the months-long conflict with Tehran. Speaking to the Axios news site, the US president said: “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to…
President Donald Trump has weathered fierce criticism over the past five months after beginning a devastating, never-ending war in Iran. But throughout it all, there’s been one brave man firmly in his corner: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who on Tuesday told senators they’d been thinking about this forever war situation all wrong. Instead of criticism,…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The International Energy Agency has warned of a growing risk to energy supplies following the escalation of the war in the Middle East, with the renewed shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz once…
Oil prices edged higher on Monday after President Donald Trump said Iran would pay for the deaths of three U.S. service members, and Houthi militants in Yemen declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, were last seen trading 32 cents higher at $88.42 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate…
