Iran enters peace talks emboldened but wounded, and wary of Trump

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will enter peace talks with the United States emboldened by the regime’s survival and the key leverage it still holds, experts say, even as Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten to derail the process and the heavy cost of five weeks of war pile up. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get … Read more

CPI report shows inflation surged in March as Iran war drove up energy costs

A global energy shock triggered by the Iran war sent U.S. inflation soaring in March, with the Consumer Price Index rising at a 3.3% annual rate. By the numbers Economists had predicted inflation would jump nearly an entire percentage point from 2.4% in February to 3.3% in March on an annual basis, according to the average … Read more

Live Updates: U.S., Iran prepare for talks as shaky ceasefire holds

Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine. Zelenskyy made his first public acknowledgment of the operations Wednesday in remarks to … Read more

Hormuz choke point persists as Iran halts oil traffic despite Trump ceasefire

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively halted despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that hinged on reopening the critical waterway, raising fresh questions about whether Iran is following through on a central condition of the truce. A backlog of roughly 3,200 vessels — among them 800 … Read more

March inflation report to offer first glimpse of Iran war’s economic impact

The U.S. is about to get an initial glimpse into how the economy has begun absorbing the war with Iran. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release March’s Consumer Price Index report Friday, detailing last month’s inflation. Wall Street analysts … Read more

Prediction markets are back in the spotlight, this time because of the war in Iran

Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Shortly ahead of a fragile ceasefire agreement earlier this week, a new group of accounts on prediction market platform Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed … Read more

Trump bashes MAGA media figures over their Iran war criticism

President Donald Trump went after big-name conservative media figures Thursday over their criticism of his handling of the war in Iran, calling some of his former allies “low IQ,” “losers” and “nut jobs.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Trump criticized Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace … Read more

Army survivor recalls moment Iran drone hit Kuwait unit and grisly scene that followed

U.S. service members spoke to CBS News’ Jonah Kaplan about the deadly Iranian drone strike in Kuwait and recalled the moment an explosion hit the unit. The survivors described the heroism after the war’s deadliest strike against the U.S. and disputed the Pentagon’s description of the events. Source link

Strait of Hormuz still seeing significantly lower traffic despite Iran war ceasefire

Only about a dozen ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the first two days of the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, far below the normal traffic level before the war, marine transit data shows. As part of the agreement, which President Trump announced late Tuesday, Iran would allow vessels to … Read more