The war with Iran widened on Wednesday as commercial vessels came under attack near the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran threatened oil traffic through the waterway and Iranian officials said the country’s new supreme leader had been wounded in earlier U.

The IEA said Wednesday that its 32 member countries would release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels ⁠near ⁠the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the ⁠U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any ​mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately.

The inflation data captures the period before the Iran war broke out. Since then, oil prices have surged, driving inflation fears.

Revered cultural icons that have withstood the upheavals of history are being hit hard in the war being waged by Israel and the United States.

Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Iran's newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday after state television described him as war wounded.

Iran's sports minister on Wednesday raised the possibility that the country's national men's soccer team withdraws from the upcoming World Cup.