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‘Israel never talked me into the war with Iran,’ Trump says

war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday. There is no public

How the airline industry could be impacted if Spirit Airlines is liquidated

war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes due to surging jet fuel prices.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2856x2856+677+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F66%2F20a4d7a94b11b7aab921d6132a81%2Fgettyimages-2270636076.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5785258/jet-fuel-airline-cost-iran-war-oil) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Jet fuel prices double, leading airlines

With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?

2023. Photograph: AP Vaez said: “The reality is there is no military solution to reopen the strait, because even in a scenario that [Trump] occupies the entire southern shore of Iran and all the Gulf

Outcry grows over Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon

Iran, which sent oil prices soaring. Earlier on Monday, the US president addressed and [denied claims](/news/2026/4/20/israel-never-talked-me-into-the-war-with-iran-trump-says) that Netanyahu dragged the US into the conflict. Support for Israel in the US is at a historic

Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping in response to US and Israeli strikes, in order to ease pressure on global crude oil prices. On April 13, it renewed the waiver

Trump calls Iran’s leadership ‘fractured’. Is it, and who’s in charge?

war ended. He has also been the main Iranian official leading negotiations with Washington since they began on April 11 in Pakistan. In an overnight post on X on Tuesday, Ghalibaf wrote that Iran

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

publication frequency Labour’s long-term decline in Scotland is expected to continue, with the Scottish National party likely to remain in power in Holyrood and Reform headed for second place. In England, Labour faces

Why are fuel price protests sweeping the Republic of Ireland?

2023 and 2024, the right-populist Aontú party only returned two members of parliament – Teachta Dála (TD) – in the most recent parliamentary election in 2024. A handful of independent TDs running on rural campaigns

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

opinion polling … in Britain and in other countries, it consistently shows that levels of antisemitism are higher, significantly higher, among Muslim communities than they are in the population as a whole,” says Rich. “I have