The US is expecting a response today from Iran on a proposal to end the war, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, following an exchange of strikes between the US and Iran. Follow for live updates.

Fresh clashes erupt in the Strait of Hormuz. US strikes on Iranian targets, and Israel attacks Lebanon amid rising tensions.

Iran flaunted its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday with a video of commandos in ​a speedboat storming a huge cargo ship, after the collapse of peace talks that Washington had hoped would open one of the world's most important shipping corridors.

India condemned the attack on Fujairah that resulted in injury of three Indians and called for peaceful resolution of the war.

President Donald Trump is pushing the limits of a fragile ceasefire with Iran as he orders U.S. forces to "guide" vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, some Republicans in Congress are weighing a vote to restrain Trump's war powers.

The United States on Monday kicked off an effort to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, as it tries to counter

Trump has expressed skepticism over the latest Iran peace plan, amid a widening fracture with European allies.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. Navy was acting "like pirates" in carrying out Washington's naval blockade of Iranian ports during the U.