As the war ‌entered its third week, Iran projected defiance after U.S. forces hit military sites at Kharg Island, the Gulf outpost that handles 90% of Iranian oil exports. A dro

US President Donald Trump stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships will “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely.

Iran warned more countries against getting involved in its war with the United States and Israel on Sunday, after President Donald Trump urged world powers to escort oil tankers through

US President Donald Trump called for other nations' warships to help protect world oil supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz, still virtually blocked Sunday by the threat of Iranian attacks.

The United States is sending a 2,500-strong Marine expeditionary force to the Middle East, a U.S. official said, as President Donald Trump declared he would end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran "when I feel it in my bones.

More than a two weeks of strikes across the Middle East has ripped up flight schedules and unsettled global stock markets, while the U.S., Israel and Iran have not publicly indicated a willingness to bring the war to an end.

President Donald Trump said Iran is ready to make a deal to end the war but the US wants better terms, signaling no letup in a conflict that’s brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.

Christiane Amanpour speaks with Elliot Abrams, former special envoy for Iran during the first Trump administration, about the goals of the war in Iran.