31m ago Trump posts AI-generated video he says shows Kharg Island attack President Trump shared an AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform late Sunday depicting what he said was Iran’s strategic oil hub of Kharg Island under attack. “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!” Mr. Trump wrote in his post accompanying the video….
The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, has echoed President Trump’s insistence that the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes are clear of sea mines, saying they are “open, and momentum is building.” He acknowledged, however, that vessels still seek direct U.S. military protection to use the vital waterway, which Iran has…
1m ago Iran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz to continue Tuesday Oman and Iran are set to continue their talks on the future management of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Monday. The spokesperson said Oman’s foreign minister will travel to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials….
3m ago UAE says Iran attacked two vessels in Strait of Hormuz The United Arab Emirates on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two vessels linked to its state-owned oil company as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait, frequently attacking commercial…
10m ago Strait of Hormuz traffic falls to one-week low The number of vessels tracked transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to a one-week low of eight, according to data reported by the Reuters news agency, as the ongoing conflict and stalemate kept shipping companies away from the vital waterway. Tuesday’s tally of eight…
54m ago Trump secretly switched to different plane in Turkey amid Iran missile threat Shortly before Air Force One took off from Turkey at the end of last month’s NATO summit, President Trump secretly slipped away from the presidential jet and was whisked to another plane with the help of an airport catering truck,…
34m ago Iranian foreign ministry reports positive progress in Strait of Hormuz talks Iran’s Foreign Minister Esmaeil Baqaei said in an interview with the country’s state broadcaster IRIB that talks with Oman on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have been positive. “Iran is trying to formulate the necessary mechanisms for future arrangements…
President Trump on Monday urged U.S. oil companies to take action to ease gasoline prices, saying that the energy giants “made too much money” from high oil prices due to the Iran war. Mr. Trump’s remarks come as Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell more than 4% on Monday to about $84 a barrel amid…
Oil prices tumbled more than $4 a barrel on Monday after US President Donald Trump held off on a fresh attack on Iran, seeking to reach a quick deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures slid $4.49, or 5.11 per cent, to $83.44 by 0408 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate…
London — The U.S. military’s Central Command repeated an assertion on Tuesday evening that has been made by the Trump administration many times over the last two weeks, insisting that “despite Iranian aggression, the Strait of Hormuz remains open for commercial vessel traffic.” CENTCOM acknowledged in the same statement that Iran had launched more than 30…
