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Ships would be escorted through the strait "as soon as it is possible for safe passage," once the U.S. has "complete control of the skies" and Tehran's "rebuilding capabilities for the missiles completely degraded." Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated escorts would "happen relatively soon," but added: "It can't happen now" because "all of our military assets right now are focused on destroying Iran's offensive capabilities."

We're shooting down and destroying what missiles they have in stock and, more importantly, ensuring they have no ability to make more. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers, defeated. Iran's leadership is in no better shape—desperate and hiding—they have gone underground, cowering, that is what rats do.

We have slow growth and inflation that is still a concern from the numbers we got on the economy. The interesting thing about the University of Michigan survey is half of it was taken before the war and then the other half was taken after February 28th and obviously the signs were very different. Half the respondents said that things are really starting to pick up and look good and then all of the survey participants taken after February 28th had started to notice a lot more anxiety and deterioration particularly around their ideas of inflation.

In the early hours of March 1, an Amazon data center in the UAE was struck by a drone, the company reported. Shortly afterward, another center belonging to the American tech giant suffered a direct hit. And a short time later, a third, this time in Bahrain, was damaged by another drone strike. Since Amazon is the preferred partner of many companies and governments in the region, the attacks caused immediate disruptions.

We want to keep a bit of sanity for us, for the residents, for our soldiers. They come a lot these days so we want them to have a place to relax, have a beer, a coffee, something to eat, just to keep life going.

Growth lost momentum in the second half of 2025 as consumers, anxious about tax increases and rising unemployment, held back. There was hope, spurred on by various indicators, that they'd start 2026 with renewed vigour. But the official data, while volatile and prone to revision, suggested the economy stalled in January.

Khamenei insisted that Iran would continue to use control of the waterway - through which roughly one-fifth of global oil and gas flows - as a tool of economic and strategic pressure on the U.S. and its allies, underscoring persistent regional tensions.

These talks have been aimed at seeking solutions, through dialogue, to the bilateral differences between our two nations. There are international factors that have facilitated these exchanges. During our discussions, the Cuban side has expressed its willingness to carry out this process on the basis of equality and respect for the political systems of both states, for sovereignty, and for the self-determination of our governments.

The request comes as Iran attacks ships and plants mines in the all-important Strait of Hormuz, responsible for the shipment of one-fifth of the world's oil. The disruption has led to globally skyrocketing gas and oil prices.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. military has opened a comprehensive investigation into last month's deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgment of the United States' responsibility for the incident and a shift to examining how it occurred.

That is a such a key concern right now because so much of the Persian Gulf they live on desalinated water. This is a process that takes a lot of energy to take seawater, push the salt out of it either through a membrane or by heating it up. Something like 90% of the fresh water in places like Kuwait and Oman is desalinated. Seventy percent in Saudi Arabia.

Two jets out of the four sent to Qatar have been allocated specifically to help Bahrain intercept incoming drones, as the US-Israel war with Iran has entered its second week. It comes as Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper landed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday amid continued concern about Iranian threats to the Strait of Hormuz - a key artery for commercial shipping.

So we've gone from identifying the target to now coming up with a course of action, to now actioning that target, all from one system. This is revolutionary. We were having this done in about eight or nine systems where humans were literally moving detections left and right in order to get to our desired end state, in this case closing a kill chain.

Despite not knowing whether the conflict would be ongoing by the time their event dates roll around, a decision needed to be made imminently due to the logistics of when teams had to start sending freight to the Middle East for both events. It is highly unlikely the races in the Middle East will be replaced, given the schedule at the back end of the year is tightly packed.

Imagine the pressure. You want to compete at your best, but then before even the game starts you have to decide how you're going to stand, how you're going to look and what you're going to do. I just think that's so unfair. The players were confused about what to do. If they salute and sing the national anthem, they are embraced and endeared by the government. If they do that, the fans, the Iranian people hate them.

I think it's important for your viewers, Jesse, and the American people to know that there's never, in history, been a more total asymmetric, one-sided annihilation of the enemy than you are witnessing and is unfolding right now in Iran.

They have a "much greater effect, typically, than a missile," and can inflict millions of dollars worth of damage for just a few thousand bucks a pop. And they're pretty effective too: naval mines have caused 77% of all U.S. Navy ship casualties since 1950, per the Strauss Center at the University of Texas.

Tens of thousands of people have gathered around the world for al-Quds Day, an annual event on the final Friday of Ramadan demonstrating solidarity with Palestine and opposition to Israeli occupation. Rallies took place across numerous countries, including Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kashmir and Yemen.

Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X Friday that Pakistan's aircraft also struck fuel depots belonging to the private airline Kam Air near Kandahar airport. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan's military or government. Calls for restraint from the international community have gone unheeded by both sides.