Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed on Friday that back-channel discussions to halt the U.S.-Israel war with Iran is “a little bit of movement.”

champagne,” Rubio reportedly said, a remark that reflects the uneasy mood surrounding efforts to prevent a wider regional confrontation.

At the center of the dispute lies one of the most strategically important waterways on Earth: the Strait of Hormuz.

Every day, enormous volumes of global oil shipments pass through the narrow passage connecting the continue reading …