Oil edged lower on signs that the US and Iran have made progress in nuclear talks, eroding a risk premium in benchmark futures prices. West Texas Intermediate fell to settle near $62 a barrel after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the two countries reached a “general agreement” on the basis of a potential …
The F-22 stealth fighter jets and F-16 fighter aircraft are currently being moved from the United States and Europe to the Middle East, data from Flightradar showed on Tuesday. Over 10 F-22 airplanes and more than 30 F-16 jets are believed to have departed their bases. The move comes amid a new round of nuclear negotiations between …
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Iran has launched live missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz as part of a previously announced maritime military drill, coinciding with a new round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States in Geneva. Iranian media said on Tuesday that early in the morning, the exercise involved missile launches from inside the country and along …
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei left a message for United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that Washington “won’t be able to destroy” Tehran, as it hasn’t been able to do so in the past 47 years. “They keep saying an aircraft carrier was sent toward Iran. An aircraft carrier is indeed a dangerous tool, …
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) started military drills in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, as it was reported it would. According to the local Tasnim Agency, the exercise, titled Smart Control of Hormuz Strait, was organized to test the army ahead of “possible security and military threats.” The drills came ahead of Iran’s …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a conference on Sunday that any deal with Iran must include the dismantling of its nuclear infrastructure, noting that he still feels sceptical about the whole situation. “All enrichment has to leave Iran. There should be no enrichment capability. Not stopping the enrichment process, but dismantle the infrastructure that …
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United States President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back in December 2025 that, should talks with Iran fall through, he would support Israel targeting Tehran’s ballistic missile program, CBS News reported on Sunday, citing sources. The two sources detailed that US military and intelligence figures have been having internal talks about the possibility of …
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About 250,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran. Banging drums and chanting for regime change, the giant and boisterous rally in Munich was part of what Pahlavi described …
The temperature in the Persian Gulf has risen to the boiling point President Donald Trump stated publicly that it has been “difficult to make a deal” with Iran and warned that “sometimes you have to have fear.” At the same time, U.S. officials confirmed the Pentagon is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long military …
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Listen carefully. Brent crude is sitting just under 70 dollars a barrel. That is not random number. That is the breakout shelf. Above $70, the oil market stops pricing headlines — and starts pricing escalation. Above $80, systematic money piles in. Above $100, psychology changes. and its off to the races right now, military planners …