De-escalation Efforts Continue Iran and the United States have agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and resume negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes that an interim peace agreement can be preserved. Technical discussions on the 14-point memorandum agreed on June 17 are scheduled to resume in Qatar on Tuesday, with both […]
U.S. Secretary of State says regional allies reject any proposal to charge ships for using one of the world’s busiest energy corridors U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Gulf Arab states are united in opposing any proposal to impose transit tolls on commercial vessels using the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring Washington’s determination to […]
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced today that an American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in international waters, calling the strike the first torpedo sinking of an enemy vessel since World War II. Speaking during a Pentagon briefing, Hegseth described the attack as swift and decisive. “An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship […]