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Oil prices edged lower on Thursday, after climbing 4 per cent in the previous session, as Iran said it remained open to diplomacy to end the US-Iran war, though the two countries remain far apart on ways to do so. Brent crude futures…

Iran threatened the United States with "economic warfare" on Tuesday and said it had fired an advanced missile at U.S. warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in ​the war only days after both sides traded blows again. The…

Oil prices have extended their gains as renewed strikes between the US and Iran on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz raise concerns of prolonged supply disruptions, according to Reuters. Brent crude futures climbed 0.54 percent to…

The US military carried out additional strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran on Tuesday, in response to recent attempted attacks against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American troops deployed to…

The U.S. military says it’s striking new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes “follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial…

U.S. President Donald Trump was quoted on Monday as promising to "hit them hard" after Iran launched missiles overnight at two U.S. air bases in Jordan in response to a U.S. attack on Iran's Larak island. "We're going to hit them hard,"…

Pakistan and Iran made "significant progress" in talks that focused on ​the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and a path ‌to peace, Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday, at the end of a visit to Tehran. Talks between the two sides focused…

Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran's economic ​lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington's pressure campaign.…

The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Sunday approved a provision in a draft law allowing Tehran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The official IRNA news agency said the committee…

The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called "the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled" as it prepared to ​roll out economic sanctions on Monday that target Iran's trade partners.Iran in turn vowed to shut down all oil exports from…