U.S. Central Command reportedly has requested deployment of the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon to the Middle East amid Iran missile concerns.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without altering the course of a conflict that has lapsed into a standoff over shipping routes.

The International Energy Agency warned this month that “demand destruction will spread as scarcity and higher prices persist.” In the US, this has already started.

Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine are testifying before lawmakers about the Pentagon's ask for $1.5tn (£1.1tn).

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup in the United States as scheduled.

The US economy picked up steam in the beginning of the year as the United States and Israel launched a destabilizing war with Iran that has jacked up prices and is still ongoing.

Oil prices hit a four-year high, then fell back slightly, before Mojtaba Khamenei issued a written message declaring Iran was now in the driver's seat in the crisis.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Top U.S. military leaders including Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, will brief President Donald Trump later on Thursday on potential military action against Iran,