•U.S. President Donald Trump President Donald Trump said today that the United States would be paid for guarding the Strait of Hormuz after declaring that it would be “taking over” the strategic waterway. “We’ll become the guardian of the Strait,” Trump told “Fox and Friends,” adding that the US had been guarding it for “nothing” […]...
•An oil tanker off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas The US military insisted yesterday that ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s claim to have closed it in the latest flare-up of the Mideast war. “Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing,” CENTCOM, which oversees US forces in […]
•US President Donald Trump and Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing a warning shot at a vessel attempting to use an unauthorized route to cross the waterway, the IRGC’s Navy arm announced early this morning local time. In a statement carried by the Arabic-language website [&h...
•Trump and US jet fighters US forces launched “powerful” strikes yesterday against Iran in response to attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said. “The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz” and will “impose heavy costs for […]...
•Global Chief Executive of Shell Plc, Wael Sawan The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has led to global energy disruptions “never seen before”, the chief executive of British oil giant Shell said today. More than 10 per cent of global oil production has been removed from the market since the start of the Middle […]
•Trump and a vessel near Strait Of Hormuz The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, Tehran’s new agency that collects fees for travelling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the ...
Oil prices fell, and Asian stocks climbed today over hopes that a deal between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz could be brokered. The price of North Sea Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate slipped close to five percent to $99.41 and $92.49 a barrel, respectively, reports AFP. The United […]
•A vessel around the Strait of Hormuz A South Korean oil tanker is currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s top diplomat said today. “At this very moment, our oil tanker is passing through the Strait of Hormuz,” Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul, reports AFP. … […]...
•China’s President Xi Jinping (L) looks at US President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, today US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a “good” meeting today in which they agreed that the Strait of Hormuz “must remain open”, the […]
•Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran The United States says while it is “not looking for a fight” with Iran over the contentious Strait of Hormuz, it would not shy away from any confrontation. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said today that any Iranian attack on […]
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