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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas [Atta Kenare/AFP] by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 13, 2026 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is pushing back forcefully [...]
Iran and the U.S. remain at odds over efforts to agree on a permanent end to the war in the Gulf. Both sides are using the Strait of Hormuz shipping route as the main point of leverage between them. NewsNation’s Robert Sherman reports the latest from Doha, Qatar. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes." Weekdays starting at 9a/8C.#NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Reopening the critical waterway to commercial traffic has become a priority war goal for the United States and was a focal point for negotiations with Iran.
The president should boldly initiate a “peace race” with Tehran. The post How Trump Can Break the Iran Logjam appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs How Trump Can Break the Iran Logjam The president should boldly initiate a “peace race” with Tehran. Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images Time to face an uncomfortable truth: America lost the Iran War. It’s a development not only discomfiting but world-historical, marking the pitiful conclusion of American primacy and the “U.S.-led international order.” President Donald Trump is in a bind. Escalating the war in hopes of changing the outcome would worsen its deleterious effects and almost certainly fail to force Iranian capitulation. But reaching a peace agreement is difficult, thanks to a near-total absence of Iranian trust in any commitments that Trump might make. The solution to Trump’s…Open
Houthis threaten to shut the crucial Bab Al- Mandeb through which 7% of Global oil passes Published August 11, 2026 SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi strike targeting an Iranian flight bound for Yemen has triggered [...]
State of the Union: The Iranians claim to be communicating with the U.S. through intermediaries. The post Iran War Day 163: Trump Considering Walking Away, Per Report appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, citing U.S. officials, said that President Donald Trump would be willing to “extend the current ceasefire indefinitely” if Iran’s nuclear program can be “kept in check” and traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz. According to those officials, Trump had been “laying the groundwork” to declare victory if the Strait of Hormuz—which was free and open before the U.S. bombed Iran on February 28—can be reopened. They say that Trump would then be willing to walk away and declare victory even without a nuclear deal and would also probably lift the U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, published on Saturday a…Open
Some of the conditions reportedly included an end to U.S. sanctions, compensation for damage caused during the conflict and the withdrawal of American military forces from the region.
The Navy is enforcing a growing global blockade to seize ships doing business with Iran and has authorized lethal force to protect maritime interests.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Iran to bring the weeks-long conflict to a close, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Strait of Hormuz had been officially renamed as the "Donald J. Trump Straight of America."
The Panama Canal is a vital waterway in the Western Hemisphere – Foreign Powers still have their sights on it. Published April 7, 2026 A massive explosion and fire erupted Monday afternoon near the Bridge [...]