Trump says Iran is making up strikes on ships to drive up oil prices
President Trump said Iran was trying to drive up oil prices before the midterms by lying about ships hitting mines or being struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump said Iran was trying to drive up oil prices before the midterms by lying about ships hitting mines or being struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz still face "indiscriminate attacks" even if they switch off tracking systems, a maritime risk firm warns.
As President Trump mulls joining Saudi Arabia in attacking the Houthis, the Iran-backed group threatened a "painful" response.
After Saudi Arabia said Iran's Houthi allies carried out another strike at Riyadh's airport, Iran called the U.S. effort to negotiate toward ending the war "insufficient."
Iran's Houthi allies deny that they've lost ground to Yemen's Saudi-backed military, as oil prices ease despite the Middle East crisis erupting in a battle over control of another key waterway.
Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the officials who met on Friday to discuss a path forward.
As Iran responds to Trump's threat of annihilation with its own warning of a possible "new front" in the war, global oil prices are rising again.
President Trump told the U.N. he's deciding whether to make a deal or drive Iran "into hell." Iran's president is slated to address the world body today, Iranian state media say.
U.N.-commissioned rights experts say there are "reasonable grounds" to believe the U.S. committed war crimes with strikes that killed scores of Iranian civilians.
The alerts did not cite a specific threat, but called for Americans to "exercise heightened vigilance."
The Iran-backed Houthis expanded their control over the strategy Bab-el-Mandeb strait, as strikes continued in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has shrugged off President Trump's threat to hit the Islamic Republic with an "economic D-Day" as a "doubling down on failed policies."
Tehran has asserted that the Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management" after President Trump said the U.S. might "keep it."
The United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said one of its ships was targeted while transiting the strait.
Despite U.S. assertions, the CEO of a maritime risk firm says "there is no guarantee of safe passage" through the Strait of Hormuz.
Two U.S. service members were killed earlier in Jordan and a third was missing in action, the U.S. Central Command said.
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is expected to leave the Middle East in the coming days, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News.
The Trump White House has said "these were NOT war plans that were discussed."
