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Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a ‘forceful response’

By JON GAMBRELL
Jul 02, 2026 7:04 am - Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies.
Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state TV reports

By JON GAMBRELL
Jul 01, 2026 8:08 am - A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran, state television in Tehran reported Wednesday. The vessel was identified as a foreign container ship, with no other details.
Trump says Iran has requested a meeting, but Iranian officials say nothing has been scheduled

By JON GAMBRELL and JOSH BOAK
Jun 29, 2026 8:12 am - President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts, though one of Iran's top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war.
Key inflation gauge jumps to 3-year high in latest sign of affordability challenges

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jun 25, 2026 8:23 am - The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose political problems for President Donald Trump and his political party as midterm elections near.
Oil tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz despite threats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard

By JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE
Jun 25, 2026 7:16 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A series of tankers made their way out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday despite threats to shipping from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionar...
UN nuclear boss says inspectors will visit Iran sites. Tehran says only after a final deal

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and JON GAMBRELL
Jun 24, 2026 8:36 am - The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran to reach an end to the war. But an Iranian diplomat promptly rejected this, saying such a visit can only come after a final deal — a denial that highlighted the precariousness of the ongoing negotiations.
US and Iran dispute whether Tehran has agreed to nuclear inspections

By MUNIR AHMED, DAVID RISING and JON GAMBRELL
Jun 23, 2026 7:10 am - The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites. As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
Another solar farm asks for Kane County OK

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 19, 2026 2:40 pm - A 32-acre solar electricity-generating installation has been proposed near Sugar Grove in Kane County.
Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance

By ERIN CUNNINGHAM, DAVID RISING and JON GAMBRELL
Jun 19, 2026 7:38 am - Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran, officials said. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah immediately confirmed the truce.
Federal regulators order grid operators to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers

By MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY
Jun 18, 2026 1:07 pm - Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.

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