Iran
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Qatar steps up mediation between Iran and the U.S. as Rubio says talks have “never stopped”
Qatari mediators spent three days in Tehran and Doha on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as the Trump administration says it prefers a diplomatic outcome but will not accept one that leaves its…
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Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz intensify, threatening California’s fragile relief at the pump
Eight strikes on merchant ships in three days have kept traffic through the world’s most important oil chokepoint far below prewar levels, just as Bay Area gas prices had begun to ease.