•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 […]
•Aerial view of boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz Iran yesterday said it was nearing a deal with Oman over a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the US called off major strikes to allow for diplomacy. US President Donald Trump said yesterday that his country […]
Brent crude slid 5.2% to about $92 a barrel today, while U.S. crude dropped 5.4% to $84.45 as a pause in tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran boosted hopes for a return to their ceasefire and negotiations on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. After 13 days of attacks on sites in the Islamic republic, […]
•The German navy’s minehunter boat “Fulda” The United Nations has today urged countries involved in the Middle East war to help evacuate and repatriate some 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of stranded seafarers, who a...
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