Iran says Strait of Hormuz will be "completely closed" if Trump delivers on threats
The president threatened to "obliterate" Iranian power plants if Iran didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by late Monday night Eastern Daylight Time.
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The president threatened to "obliterate" Iranian power plants if Iran didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by late Monday night Eastern Daylight Time.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday ordered Florida and U.S. flags at all local and state buildings to be flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork, who was killed by Iranian drone strikes on March 1.
As Iran retaliates for an Israeli strike on the South Pars gas field, one analyst warns the war is "now hitting the plumbing of the global energy system."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.
Trump says the U.S. will destroy a vast Iranian gas field if Tehran retaliates for an Israeli strike on the facility by attacking Qatar's infrastructure.
Israel says it killed Iran's top security official Ali Larijani, as America's European allies reject President Trump's demands for help in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran war could escalate further as President Trump threatens to hit key oil infrastructure if Tehran doesn't drop its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has disrupted oil exports from the region, driven fuel prices far higher worldwide and upended global air travel.
Iran's relentless attacks on Gulf states and infrastructure appear to be overshadowing interventions by the U.S. and its allies aimed at easing energy prices.
President Trump says he'll end the war soon, when he wants to, as Iran hits ships in and near the Strait of Hormuz and warns U.S.-linked banks will be next.
President Trump says the Iran war will end "very soon," but Tehran says it's "prepared to continue attacking" indefinitely, and it won't let oil leave the Gulf.
Iran's women's soccer team was branded "traitors" after declining to sing their national anthem at the Asian Cup in Australia, fueling fear for the women if they returned home.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that it would be the "most intense day" of strikes against Iran so far.
President Trump's assurances that a rising U.S. death toll and soaring energy prices will be temporary and worth the pain are failing to assuage jittery investors.
The U.S. average gas price has jumped 48 cents since last week, with experts predicting that higher fuel costs could persist for months.
President Trump says the U.S. has diminished Iran's military and regime and will continue to expand its targets inside Iran.
Scott Wayne said he was stuck in his hotel in Jerusalem as Iran retaliated with missile strikes following the U.S. and Israeli attack. He said coordinating a way out of the war-torn region proved extremely difficult.
President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."
President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."
The U.S. is "accelerating, not decelerating" war on Iran, Hegseth says, as strikes intensify in the region and reach 1,000 miles away.
One man traveled more than eight hours from Jerusalem into Egypt in an effort to make it back to Miami. Another woman in Dubai said concerns from her family in South Florida influenced her decision to return sooner than planned.
The State Department said it was facilitating charter flights from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE for Americans.
Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
Officials said they are in contact with approximately 3,000 Americans abroad who are looking to leave the region.
A South Florida man stuck in Israel says the situation isn't safe and he's having trouble getting back home to the U.S.
