Iran vows to fire on US warships as Trump weighs new strikes

Iran's armed forces chief says the US Navy will not be allowed back near Iranian waters, while President Trump says Washington may launch another large bombing campaign or keep up its naval blockade. Hormuz tanker attacks have pushed Brent crude to about $117, Houthi and Saudi strikes continue, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and four European powers warned that a new attack would widen the war across the region. The convergence of Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Yemen and Gulf fronts, with direct US involvement threatened, marks a material step toward wider regional war, though it is not itself the gathering Scripture calls Armageddon.