India flags concern over attacks on merchant ships as Washington and Tehran trade accusations, dispute fresh talks, and push the Gulf crisis closer to another dangerous turn.
The conflict was triggered by the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint United States-Israeli strikes on February 28, after which Iran retaliated against Gulf-based American and Israeli assets, disrupting Hormuz trade routes.
Washington signals a possible wind-down of its military campaign against Iran, even as fresh strikes and missile activity suggest the conflict is far from over.
With NATO accused of lacking courage and allies like Japan, South Korea and Australia urged to step up, Trump is pushing the world to share the burden of a war he says is weeks from its objectives, even as Iran fires at a joint US-UK base and warns Britain of retaliation
Donald Trump urges global powers to secure key oil routes while Iran signals expanded retaliation, as the conflict deepens and concerns grow over prolonged instability and energy disruptions.
Qatar reached out to US officials after Iran’s retaliation, while a new report claims prior coordination between Washington and Israel in the South Pars gas field strike.
