Italy blocked U.S. use of an air base, the latest instance of European nations refusing deeper involvement in the conflict despite U.S. threats of backing away from NATO.

Energy markets remain volatile as President Trump threatens Iran with an invasion to seize its oil while also suggesting a deal could soon end the war.

U.S. ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump told ​aides he ‌is willing to ‌end ⁠the ⁠military campaign against Iran ​even if the ​Strait of Hormuz ⁠remains largely ⁠closed ⁠and leave a ​complex operation to ​reopen ⁠it for a ⁠later date,

Iran contradicted Trump’s claims that direct talks with more a moderate regime in Tehran were making “great progress.”

President Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. would leave Iran in two to three weeks. “We’ll be leaving very soon,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. Trump said his goal of eliminating the country’s nuclear threat “has been attained” and that the U.

"Great progress has ​been made but, if ⁠for any ⁠reason a ⁠deal is ​not shortly reached, which it ​probably ⁠will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not ⁠immediately

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could ​end its military campaign against Iran within ‌two to three weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water