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Trump launches ‘Project Freedom’ to open Strait of Hormuz, Iran strikes ships, UAE port U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new operation on Monday (May 4, 2026) seeking to open the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, prompting Iran to lash out in an effort to keep control of the critical energy shipping route. A handful…
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Negotiations between Iran and U.S. have stalled as the U.S. imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports, while Iran has kept the key Strait of Hormuz largely closed. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday (May 3, 2026) that the United States faced a choice between an “impossible” military operation or a…
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In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, greets Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi before their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 25, 2026. Photo: Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, after arrival in Russia on Monday (April 27, 2026), said that his…
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Oil tanker HELGA is moored at one of Iraq’s southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on April 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran is offering to end its chokehold on the Strait of…
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The crucial Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the United States lifts its naval blockade on Iranian ports, Tehran said Saturday, as a top official warned that a final peace deal remained “far” off. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said in a televised address that there has been “progress” in talks…
Iran threatens to close Hormuz anew, if U.S. blockade continues Tehran on Saturday threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz once more if the United States continues its blockade of Iranian ports, hours after the key waterway was reopened in the wake of a ceasefire deal in Lebanon. The resumption of transit had lifted stock…
President Donald Trump said the U.S. war with Iran was a “little diversion” during his second term in power, as recent polling shows the conflict’s unpopularity with the American public. At an event in Las Vegas, Nevada touting his “no tax on tips” measure from the major tax reform bill passed last year, the 79-year-old…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Trump stand on opposite sides on issues including multilateralism, international trade and the fight against climate change. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticised U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the U.S. leader has “no right” to threaten other nations,…
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Back-to-back Israeli strikes kill 4 Lebanese medics as Israel-Hezbollah war grinds on The Israeli military on Wednesday killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes, paramedic groups said, a stark illustration of the human cost of the Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon a day after it…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday deleted a social media image apparently depicting him as Jesus after an outcry from religious leaders that he was being blasphemous. The image posted on Mr. Trump’s Truth Social platform showed him in flowing red and white robes, touching the forehead of what appeared to be a sick man…
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