The Kingdom of Bahrain sentenced 5 people to life in prison and 25 more to 10 years on charges of spying for Iran on Tuesday.
The public prosecution said Tuesday that five people, including two Afghans, received life sentences after being convicted of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
The prosecution said 25 others were separately sentenced to 10 years each for supporting Iran’s “terrorist acts” in Bahrain.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it will leave OPEC and OPEC+, effective May 1.
The stunning loss of the UAE, a longstanding OPEC member, could create disarray and weaken the group, which has usually sought to show a united front despite internal disagreements over a range of issues from geopolitics to production quotas.
Reuters contributed to this report.
A group of budget airlines is reportedly seeking financial assistance from the federal government amid higher prices due to the war in Iran.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the group of budget airlines, including Frontier and Avelo, is seeking $2.5 billion in federal assistance through stock warrants that could convert into equity stakes in the airlines, according to people familiar with the matter.
Some of the Journal's sources told the outlet that the group's $2.5 billion figure was derived from an estimate of how much they expect to spend on jet fuel this year compared with earlier forecasts, with the estimate assuming jet fuel prices will remain above an average of $4 a gallon for the rest of the year.
Rising jet fuel prices amid the war in Iran have strained the outlooks for air carriers, who face higher costs than anticipated.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox Business' Eric Revell.
{{#rendered}}The Senate is expected to vote on a War Powers resolution from Sen. Time Kaine,-D-Va., aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from taking military action against Cuba on Tuesday.
The vote comes after Kaine and other Democrats forced several unsuccessful votes seeking to limit Trump's war powers against Iran.
Trump has declined to take military action against Cuba's regime off the table.
Kaine's latest effort is likely to fail, as Republicans have stood strongly behind Trump's war powers with regard to the president's actions in both Iran and Venezuela.
Fox News' Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
After two months of conflict, neither a deadly bombing campaign nor a blockade on Iranian exports has forced Tehran to make the concessions the Trump administration is seeking.
The campaign has intensified in recent weeks, targeting Iran’s oil exports and financial networks while a naval blockade has disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global energy flows. U.S. officials argue the combination of military pressure and economic isolation is intended to weaken Iran’s capabilities and force it back to the negotiating table on more favorable terms.
While the U.S. has killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of top military and political figures, the regime itself remains intact. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was selected to succeed him, and leadership remains firmly hardline.
Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Middle East negotiator and fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, said the administration may have misjudged the type of negotiating partner it would face.
"Trump was looking for an Iranian Delcy Rodriguez," he told Fox News Digital. "More likely, he's going to end up with an Iranian Kim Jong Un."
He expressed doubt that any decisive victory was possible while the current Iranian regime remained in power.
"And we do not have the capacity to remove the regime," he said.
The standoff increasingly has become a test of whether U.S. pressure can be converted into political concessions — or whether it is instead being diluted through workarounds, institutional resilience and competing constraints.
So far, analysts say, Iran has proven more capable of absorbing and rerouting pressure than Washington has been able to translate it into durable gains.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Morgan Phillips.
Israeli Defense Forces issued an evacuation warning to 16 villages and towns in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
IDF Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee shared the warning in a statement on X
"In light of the terrorist Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Defense Army is compelled to act against it forcefully," Adraee wrote, according to an X translation.
"The Defense Army does not intend to harm you, and out of concern for your safety, you are required to evacuate your homes immediately and move away from the specified area towards the Sidon District," Adraee wrote to town residents.
"Anyone present near Hezbollah elements, their facilities, or their combat means is endangering their life," he added.
Adraee said affected villages include Ghndouriyeh, Burj Qlawiyeh, Qlawiyeh, al-Sawana, al-Jumayjima, Safad al-Batikh, Braashit, Shaqra, Aita al-Jabal, Tibnin, al-Sultaniyya, Bir al-Sanasil, Dounin, Khirbet Silm, Salaa and Deir Qifa.
{{#rendered}}Iran is taking drastic measures to boost its oil storage capacity as President Donald Trump's blockade forces it to store unprecedented levels of unsold oil.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran has resorted to rebooting derelict "junk sites" to hold oil, as well as taking two retired 30-year-old oil tankers out of storage.
The oil tracker Kpler reports that Iran could run out of storage within12-22 days.
Nevertheless, the oil watchdog reported that Iran won't feel the true financial impact of the U.S. blockade for another three to four months.
President Donald Trump is not keen on the second proposal sent by Tehran through Pakistani mediators on Monday, according to reports.
An official told Reuters that Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address Iran’s nuclear program.
"He doesn't love the proposal," the U.S. official said, referring to Trump, Reuters reported.
Trump held a Situation Room meeting with key members of his administration regarding the war with Iran on Monday, according to ABC News.
According to Reuters, work to bridge the gaps between the two parties has not stopped, sources said.
Fox News' Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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