For more than three months, Trump’s war with Iran has dragged on, pushing gas prices and inflation higher for Americans – leading to negative media attention and general disapproval by the public. The administration has made several efforts to end the war, or at least open the Strait of Hormuz but so far no tangible deals have been implemented.

Kuwait Airways has suspended operations until further notice after an Iranian drone and missile attack on Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday left people “injured”.

Bahrain has reported intercepting Iranian drones and missiles on Wednesday morning.

It comes shortly after Kuwait reported injuries and suspended flights after an Iranian drone and missile attack on its airport.

An Iranian drone and missile attack struck Kuwait’s international airport causing injuries as well as flight suspensions and diversions, Kuwait’s state news agency said on Wednesday.

The attack hit the T1 building at the international airport and flights were diverted to alternative airports, the report citing the General Civil Aviation Authority said.

A proposed mission by the UK and France to secure the Strait of Hormuz once the Iran war ends has been branded a catch-22 by US secretary of state Marco Rubio.

The top diplomat questioned the need for naval escorts “if no one’s shooting”, but acknowledged it could provide initial reassurance to shipping.

He expected efforts to reopen the critical waterway would dominate this month’s meeting of heads from the G7 group of leading democracies in Evian, France, pending the outcome of talks between Washington and Tehran.

The narrow Gulf channel has become a flashpoint in the conflict, now in its fourth month, with the US military saying on Tuesday evening it had launched strikes on an Iranian ground control station on an island near the strait.

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Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own.

One of the groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, said it had formed a committee to oversee the move, inventory its fighters, weapons and equipment, and coordinate with the commander-in-chief of Iraq’s armed forces.

It cast the decision as a response to calls by Iraq’s top Shiite religious authority and the Iran-aligned Coordination Framework, the largest bloc in Parliament that dominates Iraqi politics.

The second group, the Imam Ali Brigades, made a similar announcement saying the time has come “to build a strong state with full sovereignty”. It added that its aim was now to have weapons only with the state and help boost state institutions.

The US placed sanctions on Iran’s largest digital asset exchange and three other exchanges in an ongoing effort to pressure Iran into a peace deal.

Included in the sanctions are Iran’s largest digital assets firm Nobitex and its chairman and co-founder, Amir Hossein Rad.

The US treasury department said Nobitex has processed more than 50 per cent of all Iranian digital asset income last year and supports Iran’s vast sanctions evasion network.

Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Reagan National Economic Forum this month: “We have seized about a billion dollars of their crypto.”

A British couple imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges have had their appeal rejected, their family has confirmed.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who deny the spying allegations, were handed a 10-year sentence in February.

Their family alleges they were denied attendance at the appeal hearing. The pair were detained in January 2025 while undertaking an around-the-world motorcycle journey through Iran.