Iran escalates Strait of Hormuz blockade as oil spikes above $100; Trump vows war continues past midterms

For the first time in twenty years, the international community has formally escalated its nuclear concerns about Iran to the United Nations Security Council, even as a live military conflict reshapes the Persian Gulf's role in the global energy order. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's oil has long flowed — has become both a battlefield and a barometer of how fragile the architecture of global commerce can be. Six months into a grinding conflict between the United States and Iran, the world watches two nations harden their positions while diplomats