DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to “get serious” about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the US proposal but that there were no talks on winding down the war. Trump’s comments came as the economic and humanitarian toll of the conflict mounted, with fuel shortages spreading worldwide, sending companies and countries scrambling to contain the fallout.

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday the US was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to…

The proposal was sent even as Washington began to move paratroopers to the Middle East to back up a contingent of Marines already heading to the region.