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Iran, though he did not specify where. Iraqi officials have publicly denied authorising any foreign military presence in the area. “There is no agreement or consent for any force to be present in this location
tensions in the Middle East. While a fragile ceasefire between the warring sides in the US-Israel war on Iran holds following six weeks of strikes, a naval battle is playing out in the Gulf
tensions with US escalate **Tehran, Iran –** Iranian media say a United States warship trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz has been hit with two missiles after ignoring warnings. The unnamed warship had to withdraw
Iran and the US was called. That series of strikes killed hundreds of people in one of the country’s worst mass slaughters since the end of the country’s civil war in 1990. Observers
tensions between the US and its European allies and [tested the Nato alliance](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/nato-us-withdraw-troops-germany-defence). Merz is struggling to revive an anaemic German economy and has said the impact of the US-Israeli military
tensions mounted between Iran and the US.** Crude futures shot more than 5% higher yesterday as an Iranian news agency announced Tehran had suspended the negotiations with the US via mediators, AFP reported. - **US forces
US aggression was "repeated", according to IRGC remarks reported by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency. Kuwait's military said early on Mondayit was "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks", with state news agency
Tensions remain, however. A [US Navy blockade](/news/2026/4/15/iran-warns-us-naval-blockade-threatens-ceasefire) on Iranian ports – which began following the end of the talks – remains in effect in the [Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/14/how-many-ships-have-passed-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-how-many-were-attacked). The US Central Command claimed
Tensions remain high [across the region](/news/liveblog/2026/5/1/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-ports-siege-intolerable-trump-mulls-action), with Iran, the United States and Israel trading warnings as violence continues. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has described the US naval siege of Iranian ports
US military has seized at least one Iranian vessel, and it has ordered 28 other ships to turn around. With tensions still high, Iranian officials have cast doubt over the fate of the talks
Iran and Lebanon fronts leads Israel to put more pressure on Gaza militarily or regional and global factors could prevent Israel from resuming military operations like those before the October “ceasefire” in Gaza. Analysts said
military analyst Elijah Magnier told Al Jazeera the “tit-for-tat” series of attacks between the US and Iran is particularly “dangerous” because it “risks miscalculation” in an already-tense environment. Magnier said there
tensions between the two sides in recent weeks, with the [US military attacking Iranian islands](/news/2026/6/6/us-intercepts-iranian-attacks-as-israel-continues-to-bomb-lebanon) and the IRGC launching missiles and drones at its Central Command (CENTCOM) bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.  that is now closing in on 100 days. Since the conflict began in late February
military seized an Iranian container ship near the Gulf in the early hours of Monday, sending tensions spiralling hours before Washington is due to send negotiators to Pakistan for talks aimed at ending their
US and Israel in bombing Iran, and Trump’s complaints about British trade policy. The address followed an arrival ceremony full of pomp at the White House, in which Trump declared “Americans have no closer