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21 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 8, 2026.
After his first national security meeting since Democrats won Congress, the president is weighing renewed strikes, continued economic pressure or a deal. Tehran says Hormuz stays shut until its seven demands are met.
Brent crude fell to $105 a barrel on signs of renewed dialogue, even as Trump warned he may have to give Tehran 'the hammer' and a record number of ships were attacked in October.
Qatar has run intense mediation for 72 hours, and Iran's foreign minister describes a two-day plan to stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and restart direct talks.
WatchQatari mediators have handed Iran a new draft peace deal, and Tehran's answer is due by Saturday. Washington is preparing a brief, intense campaign if diplomacy fails after the Nov. 3 election.
The Wall Street Journal reports a Patriot battery is heading to Israel and another carrier group is on its way, while Tehran denies receiving a new Qatari peace proposal.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Tehran could restore normal traffic within seven days if Washington meets terms drawn from the Islamabad memorandum.
Tehran says Foreign Minister Araghchi's departure was planned weeks ago. Washington and Tehran remain split on the order of concessions on Hormuz, nuclear steps and sanctions relief.
Mohsen Rezaei, a month into the job as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera the conditions are with Qatari and Pakistani mediators and Iran is waiting on Washington. The list drops Tehran's earlier demand for reparations, which one U.S. analyst read as movement, though he said Washington would still hear it as 'surrender.'
Frank Kendall, who ran the Air Force from 2021 to 2025, was accused of leaking classified details about the Qatari-donated presidential jet. 'I'm completely mystified,' he told the AP.
WatchThe $400 million Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar is missing the laser jammers and countermeasures on the older presidential jets, and the Secret Service urged Trump to fly the old plane home from Turkey as the Iran conflict flared.
Top officials marked what they described as a final chapter for the decades-old presidential 747 on Wednesday as a $400 million Boeing jet donated by Qatar nears delivery this summer.
The US president's social media announcement comes as Iranian officials express caution about the exact date for finalizing the memorandum of understanding.
Iranian officials arrive in Doha for negotiations hours before U.S. military announces strikes intended to protect American troops in the region.
Pakistan and Qatar have dispatched emergency teams to Tehran as weeks of failed diplomacy threaten to collapse into resumed warfare.
Iranian attacks and blocked shipping routes have paralyzed the wealthy nation's vital energy sector, stalling economic diversification plans.
The controversial $1B+ retrofit of the Qatari royal family's gift jet is nearing completion, with delivery as a 'bridge' aircraft until Boeing's delayed VC-25Bs arrive in 2028.
The gas-rich Gulf nation faces economic upheaval as the conflict with Iran sends ripples around the world, forcing a fundamental reassessment of its strategic position.
With Qatar's LNG facilities damaged and the Strait of Hormuz blockaded, American energy companies are booking record exports and logging stock gains of up to 30% since the war began.
Gulf authorities crack down on social media posts showing military strikes, citing security risks while experts see efforts to protect their image as regional safe havens.
QatarEnergy CEO estimates $20 billion in lost annual revenue and repairs that could take five years after Iranian strikes knocked out 17 percent of Qatar's LNG export capacity, triggering energy emergencies in Japan, South Korea, and Europe.
WatchThe world's largest LNG export complex suffers "extensive damage" as Brent crude surges 8% and Qatar expels Iranian diplomats within 24 hours.