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An Iranian missile and drone barrage hit Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, wounding U.S. service members and damaging aircraft. The strikes come amid a wider flare up across the region, with attacks near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, strikes on the UAE, and the first Houthi claim of a strike on Israel.
On day 28 of the conflict, the US pushed back planned attacks on Iran’s energy facilities by 10 days while talks continue. Diplomacy is moving, but fighting and regional strikes keep escalating.
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said Raul Castro is taking part in early-stage discussions with the United States, while an oil blockade linked to US policy has left Cuba suffering repeated nationwide blackouts and prompted warnings of a humanitarian crisis.
A US oil blockade has cut fuel supplies to Cuba, leaving an aging electricity system struggling. Frequent blackouts are already disrupting daily life and could create deeper humanitarian and political consequences, say observers and media reports.
International aid convoys are arriving in Cuba to protest a U.S. fuel blockade as the island copes with long blackouts and heightened threats of a takeover. The Cuban government is bracing for possible military confrontation. A new episode of The Take explores how close this pressure is bringing the island to a breaking point.
Tehran dismissed a 15-point U.S. proposal to end the nearly month-long conflict as unrealistic and misleading. Mediators including Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye are pushing for talks, while both sides keep exchanging messages and launching strikes.
An IRGC spokesman rejected President Trump’s suggestion that talks with Iran were underway and warned the US and Israel not to call what he termed their defeat an agreement.
Talks may be quietly happening, but Iran has tougher demands and fresh leverage after months of conflict. Control over the Strait of Hormuz, damaged nuclear sites and changing negotiators make any deal much harder.
On day 26 of the US-Israel campaign against Iran, fighting and strikes continue across Iran, the Gulf and Israel even as diplomatic efforts and conflicting claims of talks increase. The conflict is unsettling energy supplies and prompting troop moves and emergency measures across the region.
A national blackout in mid-March exposed how U.S. fuel restrictions, higher global oil prices and regional political pressure are pushing Cuba into a deep humanitarian and political crisis. Ordinary people are paying the price while diplomacy, back-channel talks and bold rhetoric decide the next moves.
Iranian officials say there have been no direct or indirect talks with the United States and dismissed former president Trump’s recent comments as a ‘bluff’.
The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed oil prices up and forced governments to open emergency stockpiles. Here’s who has what, and how long those piles could last.