As the renewed fighting entered its sixth day, both sides appeared to leave the door open to more negotiations to end the war.

The U.S. has resumed striking Iran during daylight — a move that further signaled the increasing tempo in attacks.

By Jana Choukeir and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable "red line", warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran's infrastructure,

The United States attacked Iran on Wednesday, and Iran struck U.S. assets across the region into Thursday morning, as their fighting intensified.

While preferring diplomacy, the president was briefed this week on options, including the use of ground troops and bombing the nuclear-linked site Pickaxe Mountain.

Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, including on the Iran war and the economy, a Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds.

The artist collective behind the stunt told TIME the statue is “an attempt to de-escalate the conflict through positive reinforcement.”