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Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head tells the AP
PARIS (AP) - The head of the International Energy Agency warns Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Fatih Birol expressed concerns about pos...
Bruce Collins Apr 16, 2026

Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire, officials tell AP
CAIRO (AP) - Mediators are moving closer to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. The U.S. bl...
Bruce Collins Apr 15, 2026 SunshineSeeds / Depositphotos.com

Efforts underway for second round of US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The standoff between the United States and Iran is deepening as the U.S. has declared it has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has threatened to strike targets across the region. P...
Bruce Collins Apr 14, 2026 PromesaStudio / Depositphotos.com

Blockade begins
Associated Press.. CAIRO (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports. Trump's statement on Monday was part of his effort to force Tehran to open...
Bruce Collins Apr 13, 2026

Iran threatens ports in Mideast as US military set to impose shipping blockade
CAIRO (AP) - U.S. Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas at 9 a.m. CDT Monday, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran, to be "enforced impartially against vessels of all na...
Bruce Collins Apr 13, 2026 Lensw0rld / Depositphotos.com

Trump Orders Strait of Hormuz blockade
ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy will immediately start a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz. This decision follows failed U.S.-Iran peace t...
Bruce Collins Apr 12, 2026

Ceasefire Faltering
Associated Press A tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire is faltering after Israel pounded Beirut and as Iran maintains its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while truce talks remain uncertain. Both Tehran and Was...
Bruce Collins Apr 11, 2026 dragancfm / Depositphotos.com

US and Iranian officials arrive in Pakistan for peace talks, amid suspicion on both sides
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Top American and Iranian officials are in Pakistan for the first round of talks on how to convert the two-week ceasefire into lasting peace, But the ceasefire faced new hurdles on Sat...
Bruce Collins Apr 11, 2026 num_skyman / Depositphotos.com

US and Iran prepare for high-level talks as Israel and Hezbollah trade more fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. and Iranian negotiators are heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials. Many issues could derail th...
Bruce Collins Apr 10, 2026

Gas price spike pushes up inflation by most in four years in March
WASHINGTON (AP) - The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heig...
Bruce Collins Apr 10, 2026









