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US said to be withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany over Iran war spat The United States military has said that it will pull 5,000 troops out of Germany amid [ongoing tensions
tensions come as the US said navy destroyers and US-flagged merchant ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Iran called the claims "entirely false" and its military
US-backed military campaigns as contributing to Middle East tensions, which have culminated in the Iran
military also warned US forces would face attacks if they approached or entered the chokepoint. Amid the tensions, the United Arab Emirates said Iran
tensions in the Gulf. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, meanwhile, accused Washington of pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” and expecting Iran to submit to unilateral demands. Here is what we know: ## In Iran - ****US pauses
Tensions have escalated in recent days after the US military seized an [Iranian container ship](/news/2026/4/20/us-captures-iranian-ship-touska-amid-mediation-efforts-all-we-know). The US claimed it was attempting to sail from the Arabian Sea through the Strait of Hormuz
tensions with the US military claiming it sunk several Iranian boats that attempted to interfere. The United Arab Emirates also reported coming under new missiles and drones attacks from Iran
Iran has pushed back strongly, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissing the US campaign as ineffective, while the military says its restraint so far has been “intended to give diplomacy a chance”. Meanwhile, tensions
tensions between Washington and Tehran in the narrow shipping passage, and coming amid a United States naval blockade of Iranian ports which commenced on April 13. On Monday this week, the US military [fired
tensions, Trump said on Wednesday that he “appreciates” that Iran halted the execution of female dissidents at his request. The US president had shared photos of eight alleged detainees in Iran a day earlier, claiming
military actions against Iran as “illegitimate”, according to Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency. Beijing has repeatedly framed the conflict as a violation of international law while stopping short of fully endorsing every Iranian move
tensions. Between February 28 and April 8, while Israel and the US were engaged in a bombing campaign against Iran, Israeli forces bombed Gaza on 36 out of those 40 days. In the last five
Iran war. The USS Abraham Lincoln also has been in the region since January as tensions with Tehran ramped up. This month, the Ford broke the US record for the longest post Vietnam-war deployment
Iran. The email said the US could seek to suspend Spain from Nato over its stance. There is actually no provision in the Nato treaties to expel a member country. And any action
US military action in the strait of Hormuz is “defensive” in nature and a separate operation, in line with the Trump administration’s argument that it doesn’t need approval from Congress to continue
military source as saying that the “US claim of sinking a number of Iranian warships is false”. Although the US is largely self-sufficient in oil production, the US-Israel war on Iran, launched
military’s general staff. Bagheri was killed weeks later, on June 13, in Israeli air strikes, one of several senior Iranian commanders killed in the opening phase of the 12-Day War. When the [US
tensions. Trump continues to [publicly criticise](/news/2026/3/23/trump-shares-snl-skit-mocking-starmer-as-he-speaks-to-uk-pm-over-iran-war) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his stance on the US-Israel war on Iran, accusing him of not assisting Washington in the fight against Tehran
tensions, with uncertainty remaining over whether the negotiations can produce a breakthrough after weeks of military escalation and political threats between Washington and Tehran. Meanwhile, Israel has expanded its military campaign by bombing Beirut
tensions continued to escalate in and around the Strait of Hormuz. First, US President Donald Trump announced that US naval ships would help guide stranded vessels through the strait in an operation he dubbed “Project