FEATURE | Trump signals potential US exit from Iran war, and from NATO itself

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Higher fuel prices are already weighing on US household finances before the November midterm elections, with two-thirds of Americans believing the US should work to exit the Iran war quickly, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Drones hit fuel tanks at Kuwait's international airport, causing a big blaze, and authorities in Bahrain reported a fire at an undisclosed company facility from an Iranian attack. Qatar said an oil tanker leased to state-owned QatarEnergy was hit by an Iranian cruise missile in Qatari waters, but that there were no injuries or environmental damage.

An overnight strike hit Shahid Haghani Port, Iran's largest passenger terminal, deputy regional governor Ahmad Nafisi told state media, calling it a "criminal" attack on civilian infrastructure. Iran has fired repeatedly on gulf countries, some home to US bases, during the conflict, and is using the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas, as a bargaining chip.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to hit US companies in the region including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla and Boeing, from 20:00 Tehran time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday. Trump has said he was not concerned.