U.S. is pushing a Bahrain-backed U.N. draft to pressure Iran over Hormuz shipping threats

The United States is now asking the U.N. Security Council to take up a Bahrain-backed draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, after months of direct unconstitutional military pressure against Iran failed to bring calm to the waterway. The draft would let the council punish Tehran with sanctions and could leave room for force if...