The truce is set to take effect at midnight, raising hopes it could open a path to easing wider regional tensions.

Europe faces looming energy crunch. IEA chief Fatih Birol warns jet fuel shortages could ground flights and spike global prices

Donald Trump said he asked China’s Xi Jinping not to supply weapons to Iran, receiving assurances that Beijing was not doing so. The exchange comes amid rising tensions and U.S. threats of tariffs on countries aiding Tehran.

Japan will create a $10 billion financial framework to help Asian nations secure oil and other energy resources amid rising geopolitical tensions, aiming to safeguard regional supply chains and reduce the risk of disruptions affecting key industries.

The US and Iran may be preparing for a new round of negotiations this week aimed at de-escalating the conflict.

Negotiating teams from the JD Vance and Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf could return to Islamabad for further peace talks as early as this weekend, according to multiple sources.

European NATO members, including the UK and France, say they will not take part in a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports ordered by Donald Trump, instead pushing for a multinational mission to restore navigation once hostilities end

Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali says Tehran is in “good contact” with New Delhi over Indian vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route disrupted by the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran

The U.S. Central Command has notified seafarers of a blockade covering the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, warning that all vessels entering the zone without authorization risk interception as tensions rise in the Iran conflict

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain will not be drawn into the Iran conflict and opposes any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, stressing efforts to fully reopen the critical global shipping route

Oil prices jumped more than 7% after the US announced plans to block shipping linked to Iran through the Strait of Hormuz, reviving supply fears and pushing crude back above $100 a barrel amid failed peace talks

The United States and Iran opened their most senior direct talks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Saturday, meeting in Islamabad under Pakistani mediation in a diplomatic push to end six weeks of conflict in the Middle East, even as a standoff over mined waters in the Strait of Hormuz continued to choke a fifth […]

The US is struggling to replenish key weapons systems, including Tomahawks that the duration of the conflict is consuming faster than they can be produced