Trump vows Iran war to end "very quickly" as more troops head to Mideast
Some 9,000 more U.S. forces head for the Middle East as Trump vows the war will end "right after the election," if not sooner.
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Some 9,000 more U.S. forces head for the Middle East as Trump vows the war will end "right after the election," if not sooner.
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."
