Iran funds terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas and attacks U.S. forces, yet establishment Washington treats Tehran as diplomatic partner rather than threat.

Israel strikes kill Iran’s supreme leader, triggering regional retaliation and raising fears of a wider confrontation that could destabilise energy markets and global security

Traffic through the strait, normally the conduit for a fifth of global oil output, has been severely curtailed since the start of the Iran conflict. But Iran itself is shipping oil through the waterway in almost the same volumes as before the war,

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war.

8:30 a.m. ET: Gulf states reported new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign and called for the evacuation of three major ports in the United Arab Emirates. Since the war started, Iranian strikes have killed at least a dozen civilians in Gulf states, most of them migrant workers.

Arab Gulf states reported new missile and drone attacks Sunday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign as the war in the Middle East entered its

CAIRO (AP) — Gulf Arab states reported new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to widen its campaign and further expand the war with the United States and Israel, now in its third week.