Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged his country’s economic woes amid pressure from the U.S., which is strangling its trade while protecting other countries’ ships carrying oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Recent weeks have seen Tehran lose leverage over the critical energy chokepoint as traffic picks up, especially via a southern route along Oman’s coast.
BERLIN — The German government expects it will need almost €12 billion — roughly $14 billion — to build a new arsenal of long-range weapons aimed at deterring Russia, according to defense ministry documents seen by POLITICO. The weapons would give German forces the ability to hit military targets hundreds or even thousands of kilometers
The two big drags on the president’s popularity are the cost of living and the Iran War, with one bleeding into the other. The conflict has caused gas prices in the US to spike to above $4 a gallon, a painful hike to any US business that relies on transport. But in Kingsport, support for
The US military says one of its helicopters has fired missiles to disable “the steering gear” of a cargo ship attempting to violate the US blockade of Iranian ports. In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) says its MH-60 aircraft on Tuesday fired two hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged M/V Vela
Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The Ukrainian president said strikes in Zaporizhzhia – which killed at least six and injured at least 19 – involved ballistic missiles from Russia’s ally. In Voronezh, in southern Russia, warehouses belonging to the online retailer,
President Donald Trump says the US has “not agreed” to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptor missiles – three weeks after offering the country the right to make the weapons. “We have not agreed to that. We’re talking about it. But it’s a hard thing to give away, that kind of technology,” Trump said at
