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A US president can order a military operation without congressional approval, but only for 60 days. After that they must seek formal approval from Congress.
With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran’s incentive to reject his “grand bargain” peace deal and sprint instead to acquire nuclear weapons.
The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad, leaving uncertainty over the fragile, two-week ceasefire. Iran’s state-run news agency said the three-party talks began after Iranian preconditions, including a reduction in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, were met.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it “a moment of relief” and is set to travel to the Middle East on Wednesday to work with Gulf partners on making the reopening of the strait permanent. ” The ceasefire deal, struck after Trump initially warned that an “entire civilization would die” if Iran refused to reach an agreement, hinges on Tehran allowing safe passage through the critical Hormuz shipping route and advancing a 10-point framework presented by its government.
In the volatile waters of the Arabian Sea, a distress call isn't a political statement—it’s a plea for survival. The recent Indian Navy rescue of an Iranian vessel proves that when the stakes are high, maritime brotherhood still trumps geopolitical friction.
Five weeks. We are now five weeks in and entering the sixth week of the war on Iran. What was supposed to be a “precise, overwhelming military campaign” to eliminate “an imminent nuclear threat” and urge the.
Iranian state media also claimed that its military shot down a US F-15E Strike Eagle, potentially marking the first confirmed US aircraft loss inside Iran during the conflict. Casualties mount as conflict widens Pentagon data shows at least 365 US service members have been wounded in action, while 13 have been killed. Israel boosts troop deployment Israel has increased troop deployment in southern Lebanon and extended reservist duty amid growing manpower shortages, as the conflict shows no signs of easing.
The situation in the Middle East has shifted from "tense" to a full-blown regional crisis this week. Between the downing of US aircraft and the effectively closed Strait of Hormuz, the world is watching to see if diplomacy has any cards left to play.
