US EditionIran Rejects Negotiations, Pledges Ongoing Strikes as Trump Sees War Ending Soon
Conflict over global energy supplies escalates as U.S. strikes thousands of Iranian targets and Iran asserts it will decide the war's end.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signaled progress as the U.S. military struck more than 5,000 targets and damaged over 50 vessels while Iran continued strikes in the 11-day-old war.
- Hezbollah-Linked militants stepped up attacks on Israeli forces, Israel struck targets tied to the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association, and Gulf states intercepted multiple drones, with Kuwait's National Guard downing six and Saudi Arabia's defense ministry destroying two.
- The Pentagon says seven U.S. soldiers have died, U.S. and Israeli strikes killed about 1,300 Iranian civilians, and a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school killing 175.
- Oil markets reacted as oil spiked to nearly $120 a barrel on Monday before retreating after Trump suggested the war might end soon, fighting slowed ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and Pakistan warships escorted merchant vessels Tuesday.
- President Trump intensified warnings Monday, saying 'I will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the globe's oil supply', while Iran's IRGC said Iran would decide when the war ends.
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Trump says war is ‘very complete’ as US-Israeli bombing of Iran intensifies
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon was giving President Trump "maximum options" and that the war will not be "endless," a day after the president gave mixed signals about progress.
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