President Donald Trump said on Thursday (April 24, 2026) the United States is in no rush to end the war with Iran but “the clock is ticking” for the Islamic Country, as a third American aircraft carrier arrived in West Asia.
Iranian media reported blasts over the capital Tehran, a first since an increasingly tenuous ceasefire in the West Asia war came into effect two weeks ago.
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It was not clear what caused the explosions, although an Israeli security source told AFP that their country was not currently striking Iran.
Prospective peace talks in Pakistan were hanging in the balance, meanwhile, with no sign of a return to diplomacy to end a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz.
