The American president has made a series of contradictory statements and is struggling to justify the joint US-Israeli intervention to the public, especially as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and strikes on energy sites in the Gulf have fueled inflation.

The US president criticized his European allies for their lack of enthusiasm after proposing an operation aimed at restoring freedom of navigation for oil tankers blocked in the…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump may use a White House meeting with Japan’s prime minister on Thursday to press for help in the war on Iran, placing Sanae Takaichi in an awkward…