President Donald Trump was on clean-up duty Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick mistakenly suggested no American troops had been killed during the Iran war. In fact, 18 U.S. service members have died since Trump started the conflict in the Middle East just over six months ago.

(Widens distribution) By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran's economy by blockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand,

The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick incorrectly said during a television interview that no U.S. service members have died during the war with Iran.

By Menna AlaaElDin and Kanishka Singh CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.

The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses confronted “hostile” attacks by Iran while Tehran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding and called for an investigation.

Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy.

Iran and the U.S. seem far from getting back to formal negotiations and their so-called memorandum of understanding, signed in mid-June, expired.

During the latest American bombardment of southern Iran, a missile hit a home where a wedding was being celebrated.

Trump said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had "Venezuela on his mind."

U.S. Air Force Maj. John "Alex" Klinner died in an aircraft crash in Iraq in March, supporting the United States' military operation against Iran.