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Iran and said the strait of Hormuz should be opened “as soon as possible”. Ahead of the summit, there was speculation the US might appeal to [China](https://www.theguardian.com/world/china), the biggest buyer of Iranian
Iran, inflation has hit its highest levels since 2023, though they still remain well below the peaks recorded in 2022, when inflation hit 9%. Higher prices have dampened Americans’ expectations of their financial outlook. According
conflicts are linked and this week threatened to suspend peace talks with the US in protest against Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, threatening the collapse of negotiations with Washington. Trump [said on Monday that
Strait of Hormuz and The US blockade of Iranian ports, although this may not be immediate. That will go some way to relieving pressure on President Trump over the harm to the global economy caused
Strait of Hormuz. Tehran’s control of the key fossil fuels shipping route has proven to be a main point of leverage in the war. ## ‘No quarter’ for enemies? Moulton also asked Hegseth about
conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Born in south Lebanon, displaced to Beirut, two grandmothers reflect on Israeli invasions](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5761904/lebanon-war-israel-hezbollah-displacement-ceasefire) Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad last week but left on Saturday, prompting President Trump
US withdrawal from Afghanistan,” he said. ## Are we seeing a new phase of armed separatist attacks in Balochistan? According to research gathered by the independent, Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, Balochistan
Strait of Hormuz, Iran, citing its absolute sovereignty over the bed and subsoil of its territorial sea … could declare that all fibre-optic cables passing through the waterway are subject to permits,” the IRGC said
Strait of Hormuz, along with attacks on regional energy infrastructure, has [reduced](/news/2026/4/28/oil-prices-rise-despite-irans-proposal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz) global oil production by 14.5 million barrels per day – equivalent to a 57 percent decline. ## Africa’s import dependence Despite being
US president has repeatedly urged the central bank to slash interest rates, in the hope of cutting the government’s borrowing costs on its $39tn (£29tn) debt. In a post on his Truth Social platform
conflict between the two sides. Tehran and Washington have signalled that a deal to shift a rocky 60-day ceasefire to a more comprehensive peace and cooperation agreement is close. But amid the ongoing uncertainty
conflict,” it added. Philippine Major-General Francisco Lorenzo Jr, local director of the Balikatan exercises, said the US’s war on Iran had no relevance for the war games in the Philippines, while his US
conflict and Iran’s effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, which has blocked a large portion of the region’s supply of oil and natural gas. ASEAN, whose members represent more than 700 million
strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran. For years the UK has led international efforts to put economic pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine. On Tuesday
Iran on February 28. Tehran retaliated by closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, through which approximately 20 percent of the world
Hormuz, including [seizing two of them.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxd074kr8go) The US has also enforced a naval blockade since 13 April, stopping all ships from travelling to or from Iranian ports. Trump had hoped the blockade
Hormuz, and claimed his representatives were having “very positive” discussions with Iran. Trump wrote on his social media site that what he called Project Freedom would be a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United
US and Israel started bombing Iran in late February. That recent strength accentuates the slowdown in the latest figures. After expanding by 0.9% in the December quarter, real GDP growth faltered to just
Iran for more than six weeks in response to US and Israeli attacks, sending the price rocketing and prompting fears of shortages. IEA executive director Fatih Birol told AP there could soon be flight cancellations
Hormuz soon afterwards and Trump imposed a counter-blockade of ships using Iranian ports on 13 April. A Pakistani-brokered ceasefire, announced [by Trump in early April](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/trump-iran-war-ceasefire), stopped hostilities but failed