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Trump Thinks He Can Wait Out Iran, But Iran Is Doing the Same – President Donald Trump, facing a missile crisis and the reality that Tehran doesn’t cave after weeks-long strike campaigns, appears to have settled on a new strategy for dealing with Iran: wait.
After months of military strikes, threats of further attacks, and even a naval blockade that is causing immense economic damage to Iran, Trump said on Sunday, August 9, that the United States is now “low-keying it” with Tehran.
Russia has refused to “freeze” its ongoing war in Ukraine if its “root causes” are not addressed, Moscow said on Monday.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told the state-affiliated TASS news agency that “as Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said, no ‘freeze’ is possible without eliminating the root causes of this crisis.”
Zelensky Speaking in UK Ukraine Government Photo
Unsurprisingly, this latest intervention demonstrates Moscow’s unwillingness to accept a pause in military action unless its broader demands are met.
Over the last couple of days, the conflict between the U.S. and Iran has subsided after Washington hoped to reach an agreement with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Unfortunately, no such deal materialized. Where many feared that Trump would try to escalate the conflict, it now seems that the U.S. has shifted its policy to wait out the regime in Iran and let the blockade and economic pressures take their toll. Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic has issued a new set of demands that it says the U.S. must meet before vessels are allowed to transit freely through the Strait.
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Artec has received an order to deliver 69 additional Boxer RCT30 infantry fighting vehicles to the German Armed Forces and the Netherlands.
Opening weekend of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” along with the third weekend of “The Odyssey” fueled the biggest collective weekend in box office history at a cool $430 million across all movies in the marketplace—and that’s just domestic, baby.
“Spider-Man” alone brought in $932 million worldwide, second in history only to “Avengers: Endgame,” which brought in $1.22 billion globally during opening weekend.
In other words, stories about heroes are still massively popular.
The Iranians said on Monday that any deal with Oman on controlling shipping in the Strait of Hormuz would not lead to the waterway being fully reopened until the United States agreed to several of its demands.
These demands show that the Iranians believe they are winning and that the US consistently stopping the air campaign for negotiations demonstrates US weakness.
President Donald Trump delivers delivers remarks to troops at Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.
Ukraine on Monday pulled off a major drone strike, killing 13 people and injuring 39, in the city of Nizhnekamsk in the Tatarstan region, which is an oil industry hotbed more than 600 miles east of Moscow, CNN reported.
It was described as the deadliest attack to hit Russia in more than two years.
Neptune Missile from Ukraine Creative Commons Image
Neptune Cruise Missile Ukraine Government Photo
A subsequent AP story listed the number of injured at 75 and, citing Russian authorities, stated that a child had been killed.
The Strait of Hormuz will not fully reopen to traffic unless the US meets Iran’s demands, the Islamic Republic said on Monday.
The busy maritime corridor, which usually carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil trade, has been the focus of recent talks.
The 354th Fighter Wing conducts a 75-fighter jet formation at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2022, in honor of the U.S. Air Force’s 75th Anniversary. This capabilities demonstration included F-35A Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22 Raptor aircraft from across Pacific Air Forces. (U.S.
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a division of General Dynamics, has secured a $1.3bn contract to provide enterprise IT and cybersecurity services for the US Army National Guard and other federal government partners.
Trump Is Preparing to Redefine Victory In Iran – President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing for the possibility that he cannot force Iran to make the nuclear concessions he promised his war would achieve, with a Wall Street Journal report claiming on Sunday, August 9, that he is preparing a significant retreat from the objectives he outlined when the conflict began.
According to the report, which cited U.S.