Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to help the US negotiate with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump told Fox News that China’s heavy dependence on Gulf oil makes Beijing eager to keep the crucial trade route open and stable as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East.

Vice President JD Vance and White House officials departed Islamabad, Pakistan after failing to reach a peace agreement with Iran on Sunday.

Vice President JD Vance said the US and Iran failed to strike a peace deal to end the six-week war rocking the Middle East, blaming Tehran’s refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions — leaving uncertainty over whether fighting will resume. Vance ...

The US and Iran ended direct talks in Pakistan without an agreement, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk and raising doubts over efforts to end a six-week war that has killed thousands and disrupted global energy supplies.

The Trump administration's framework proposed a pause in fighting while officials hammer out a permanent peace plan.

US officials have nudged China to do more on the blocked Hormuz strait. President Xi doesn’t appear to have budged.

(Refiles to add missing word in headline) By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled almost 3% higher on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was "on life support,

In an interview with FNC's Bret Baier on "Special Report," President Donald Trump defended his remark that Americans' financial situation is not motivating him to make a deal with Iran.