•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to hit Iran “hard” after the two foes traded fire for the first time in weeks, as his Treasury secretary vowed to keep up a pressure campaign aimed at hobbling Tehran’s economy. After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the […]
•Trump and US fighter jets The United States said yesterday it had carried out air strikes on Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first attacks on Iran since late July. “Earlier today, US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed […]...
•Boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz Iran and Oman are negotiating the opening of a temporary shipping corridor and the clearance of mines in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which both nations border. They have yet to agree on the conditions for the waterway’s reopening as the Middle East […]...
•Donald Trump President Donald Trump today threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” Trump told Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, referring to […]
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has said the United States could take control of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz after what he described as the defeat of Iran. Trump made the remark yesterday during a political rally at a police academy in New York State, where he told supporters that he would […]
•Strait of Hormuz Nigeria’s crude oil production fell by four per cent month-on-month in July despite the country maintaining its run of exceeding its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota, latest data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has shown. The decline came as operational challeng...
Oil prices extended hefty gains today as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, fanning fresh inflation fears and ramping up bets on at least one US interest rate hike this year. Crude has surged around 10 per cent over the past week, with the United States and Iran appearing no closer […]
•Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Iran has said reopening the Strait of Hormus depends on the United States after President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted Tehran is keen for a deal. Iran has denied the deal and said it will instead make arrangements with its neighbour across the strait, Oman. According to state news agency [&helli...
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as soon as today but warned Iran it would get “hit very hard” if negotiations fell through. Transit of the waterway, a key conduit for global oil and gas supplies, has been a sticking point in […]
•Vessels anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a key point of tension in the US-Iran conflict, today as President Donald Trump insisted the waterway could reopen within hours. Speaking from the White House yesterday, the US leader continued his now […]

