TEHRAN, April 24 -- President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States is in no rush to end the war with Iran but "the clock is ticking" for the Islamic republic, as a third American aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East.

Iranian media reported blasts over the capital Tehran, a first since an increasingly tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East war came into effect two weeks ago.

It was not clear what caused the explosions, although an Israeli security source told AFP that their country was not currently striking Iran.

Prospective peace talks in Pakistan were hanging in the balance, meanwhile, with no sign of a return to diplomacy to end a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz.

Since Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire the Unite...