Gold falls as Trump gives no clarity on ending Iran war - Reuters

Gold falls as Trump gives no clarity on ending Iran war  Reuters

Trump says Iran war objectives 'nearing completion' in address to nation

Trump's first televised address of the conflict with Iran did little to quell uneasy markets.

5 Takeaways From Trump’s Address on Iran

President Trump did not define a clear path out of the conflict, which he estimated would end within three weeks.

By Luke Broadwater and Tyler Pager

Trump’s Renewed Iran Warning Risks More Volatility, Analysts Say - Bloomberg

Trump’s Renewed Iran Warning Risks More Volatility, Analysts Say  Bloomberg

Oil Rises, Asian Equities Fall as Trump Signals Further Military Strikes on Iran - WSJ

Oil Rises, Asian Equities Fall as Trump Signals Further Military Strikes on Iran  WSJ

Trump defends decision to attack Iran, says conflict is ‘nearing completion’ 

The president’s address comes as the White House tries to contain the consequences of a conflict that has sent gas prices soaring and soured Americans’ feelings about Trump.

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Karen DeYoung

Trump news at a glance: president makes fresh threat to pull US out of Nato

Trump has expressed growing contempt for North Atlantic allies as they refused to be drawn into his war on Iran – key US politics stories from Wednesday 1 April at a glance Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US allies to join the US-Israeli war against Iran. Trump has long been vocally sceptical about the benefit of Nato membership to the US, but since North Atlantic allie...

By Guardian staff

Iran sets up 'toll booth' in Strait of Hormuz, as oil tankers detour via Larak Island for safe passage

Iran has established a de facto safe shipping corridor in the north of the Strait of Hormuz to select ships, as Tehran sought to monetize its grip over the waterway.

Trump says US will 'finish the job' in Iran

President Trump said the US' "core strategic objectives" in Iran war are "nearing completion." He also urged other countries to show "courage" and "take care" of the Strait of Hormuz. DW has more.

Trump declares ‘decisive, overwhelming victory’ in Iran war, signals end of operations

US President Donald Trump declared the US‑Israel war against Iran has delivered “decisive, overwhelming victories” on Wednesday, signalling that military objectives have been achieved and the month‑long operation is set to wind down, even as the conflict has rapidly escalated into a regional and global crisis. Trump, an America-First president, suggested he would leave the Strait of Hormuz blockade to be managed by other countries, naming China, France, Japan and South Korea, which rely on th...

By Khushboo Razdan

Middle East live: Israeli air defences intercept multiple Iranian missile waves

Israeli air defences intercepted three waves of Iranian missile fire early Thursday, with several people lightly injured in the Tel Aviv area. The attacks, coming hours after a US presidential address, triggered widespread sirens and raised fears of further escalation in the intensifying regional conflict. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

By FRANCE 24

Stock futures sink as Trump says U.S. on track to complete Iran objectives ‘very shortly’

U.S. stock futures sank Wednesday night as President Donald Trump didn’t offer investors any new indications of de-escalation in the conflict with Iran, but again laid out a timetable of finishing the operation “very shortly.”

By Robert Schroeder

Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war

In 20 minute speech from White House, the president offered no new details and largely rehashed his own Truth Social posts to a nation wary of his reasoning

By Andrew Feinberg

End of war with Iran is close, Trump says while vowing to ‘bring them back to the stone ages’

Trump’s decision to make a rare prime-time address the nation highlights the growing pressure he’s facing to make his war aims clearer to Americans

By Bloomberg News

Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war

Donald Trump’s Iran War Address: Flaunts ‘Overwhelming Victories’ By U.S. Military; Repeats Claim That Strait of Hormuz Will ‘Open Up Naturally’

President Donald Trump addressed an uneasy nation on Wednesday as the United States’ war with Iran entered its second month. He used the prime time slot to briefly address skyrocketing gas prices, outline indeterminate next steps and flaunt his victories in the conflict thus far. Trump opened with the positive, claiming the U.S. already seized […]

By Jack Dunn

Oil prices climb after Trump's speech, brent crude reaches $106, WTI tops $103

Oil markets experienced significant volatility following President Trump's address. Initially dropping, prices surged after Trump urged other nations to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing Iran's weakened state and military setbacks. The speech outlined US objectives and suggested alternative fuel sources.

By TOI BUSINESS DESK

‘Iran’s navy gone… leaders dead’ to ‘I killed an evil genius’: Top quotes from Trump’s address to nation

Takeaways from Trump's speech on Iran - The Straits Times

Takeaways from Trump's speech on Iran  The Straits Times

WATCH: Trump delivers address to the US, gives update on Operation Epic Fury

US President Donald Trump began the address by reaffirming the US military's success so far in decimating Iran's naval forces and ballistic missile capabilities.

US-Europe rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over Mideast war

WASHINGTON (AP) -- US President Donald Trump has been fuming about NATO, musing about leaving the alliance, ratcheting up his criticism of European leaders and exposing a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance -- this time over the Iran war. "NATO treated us very badly, and you have to remember it because they'll be treating us badly again if we ever need them," Trump said Wednesday at a private White House lunch for the upcoming Easter holiday that was posted online by a Business Insider rep

By The Korea Herald

"Horrible, Evil Genius": Trump Recalls Killing Of Iran's Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani, the former Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander, was killed in a US strike in January 2020.

Trump says conflict nearing end, threatens wider attacks on Iran

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signalled that the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran could conclude within weeks, even as he warned of intensified strikes and issued sweeping claims about the scale of damage inflicted on Tehran. In a 19-minute prime-time address from the White House, Trump described the conflict as a “decisive, overwhelming victory” and said the United States was “getting very close” to finishing the “job” in Iran. “We are going to hit them extremely hard o...

By none@none.com (Anwar Iqbal)

Trump threatens to escalate Iran war, while saying end is close

The U.S. president in a rare prime-time address on Wednesday cast the war as a success, saying the operation had nearly achieved its military goals.

Donald Trump Lays Out Case For War With Iran, But Offers Few Specifics On How And When It Will End

In a 19-minute primetime address, President Donald Trump laid out his case for conducting military operations against Iran, casting it as an long overdue step to eliminate a nuclear threat, but he gave few specifics of the plan for ending the war. As some commentators pointed out shortly after the speech, the president’s rhetoric even […]

By Ted Johnson

Trump addresses nation on Iran war in first prime-time speech since launching strikes 4 weeks ago - 毎日新聞

Trump addresses nation on Iran war in first prime-time speech since launching strikes 4 weeks ago  毎日新聞

Stocks slide, dollar advances after Trump speech on Iran war

Trump says U.S. will hit Iran 'extremely hard' over next 2 to 3 weeks - Yonhap News Agency

Trump says U.S. will hit Iran 'extremely hard' over next 2 to 3 weeks  Yonhap News Agency

Trump to tell wary public in prime-time address that Iran war goals have been accomplished 

Trump is expected to say the US has destroyed Iran's navy and its ballistic missiles and missile production facilities, while guaranteeing that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon

By Reuters

Oil prices — worst behind us now? WTI, Brent drop to under $100, Murban at $103 on war ceasefire hopes amid thin overnight trading - Gulf News

Oil prices — worst behind us now? WTI, Brent drop to under $100, Murban at $103 on war ceasefire hopes amid thin overnight trading  Gulf News

Trump tells Americans that Iran War ending as popularity dips

President Donald Trump delivers a prime-time address Wednesday to Americans on the Iran war.

By PhilstarLIVE

Trump says US objectives in Iran 'nearing completion' - thedailystar.net

Trump says US objectives in Iran 'nearing completion'  thedailystar.net

Stubb discusses NATO, Ukraine, and Iran with Trump

President of Finland Alexander Stubb held a phone conversation with the U.S. President Donald Trump regarding NATO and Ukraine.

In prime-time address, Trump tells wary public Iran goals nearly achieved  

U.S. President Donald Trump told the nation in a ‌televised speech on Wednesday night that the U.S. military had nearly accomplished its goals in Iran, but he declined to offer a concrete timeline for winding down the conflict.

By Abubakar Ibrahim

Trump thanks Qatar, regional allies in first primetime remarks to nation since war on Iran

Trump said the U.S. is hitting Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks”. United States President Donald Trump thanked Qatar and other allies in the Middle East… (The post Trump thanks Qatar, regional allies in first primetime remarks to nation since war on Iran is from Doha News | Qatar.)

By Asmahan Qarjouli

Iranian missiles: 14 injured near Tel Aviv, a young girl in "serious condition" - Seneweb

Iranian missiles: 14 injured near Tel Aviv, a young girl in "serious condition"  Seneweb