The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance.

Iran-US war latest: Tehran says it has ‘no trust’ in Trump to strike peace deal and claims US seeking new talks - Araghchi said he is willing to give diplomacy a chance but Tehran will resume fighting

Israeli forces set up a post in the desert in Iraq at the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Iraqi and U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The existence of

Iran didn't attack Israel with drones in its most recent war -- but it did in the last war, and might again in the next.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to conclude a crucial summit amid tensions in West Asia and fears over global oil supplies. The meeting comes as Iran tightens control over the Strait of Hormuz and seizes a commercial vessel near UAE waters.

Iran's foreign minister says that a lack of trust remains the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages from the U.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have sent economic shock waves across the Mideast. In Lebanon, those woes have been compounded by the country’s existing economic problems and by largely unregulated markets that are vulnerable to price gouging.