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Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf which has blocked the shipping of 20 percent of the world’s oil and LNG supplies. Zerka added that the newly elected leader will not have political room
Strait of Hormuz must reopen immediately “without restrictions and without tolling”, European Council President Antonio Costa said after talks with leaders from Lebanon and Syria. - **‘Diplomacy is not closed’ between Iran and US:** Al Jazeera
restrictions on uranium enrichment, and have accused Iran of working towards building a nuclear weapon, while providing no evidence for their claims. In March 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of National Intelligence, [testified
strait of Hormuz. The war’s economic toll has been severe too. Many people have lost their jobs and inflation is surging. The International Monetary Fund estimates [it could reach 70% this year](https://www.imf.org
restrictions on Australia”. > double quotation markWhat Australia has done is to not only speak about today about existing supplies coming, we spoke about additional supplies as well. On reports today that Australia
Hormuz – a step announced somewhat clumsily by the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in a tweet on Friday morning. In return it was expected that Trump would lift the US blockade of Iranian ports
Hormuz. Shipping through the Strait has nearly stopped over fears of mines, Iranian attacks and seizures of ships. The president says he is prepared to wait for the best deal to end the war with
ship out its stockpile of enriched material, or stop enrichment on Iranian soil, as the country has paid a huge price to obtain the technology, in the form of decades of sanctions and killings
restricting protesters' ability to organise and access information. Back in January, Iran's Information and Communication Technology Minister, Sattar Hashemi, said that every day of internet blackout cost the economy at least 50 trillion rials
shipping and the US has blockaded Iran’s ports. A day earlier, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US blockade would “remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified
shipping was damaging the living standards of families and businesses in the UK and the US. “We need to reopen that strait of Hormuz, to get down energy prices and to strengthen and stabilise
shipping lane. On Wednesday more details emerged about what transpired behind closed doors over 21 hours, when a US delegation headed by Vice-President JD Vance met face-to-face in Islamabad with a large
restrict a US president’s authority to involve the country in armed conflict overseas. Under the resolution, the president must inform Congress within 48 hours of initiating military action and may sustain deployments for only
ships and fire at a third. By the middle of the week, it was uncertain whether the second round of US-Iran talks would happen. That dynamic changed on Friday morning. ## Flurry of calls Araghchi
ships attempting to transit Hormuz after it, and Russia vetoed an earlier proposal. "I think if we're going to bring Iran back to the negotiating table in an enduring way, I think that
Strait of Hormuz also sent a message to China, Iran’s main trading partner. The Philippines, Simbulan added, is now critical to Washington as US military facilities in the Philippines are key for its “refuelling
shipped from the Middle East. Trump is likely to renew calls for China to join an “international operation” to [open the Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/5/4/us-official-says-china-is-funding-iran-urges-beijing-to-help-open-hormuz), which Beijing has so far resisted. Xi is expected
Strait of [Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades
shipping,” Geist Pinfold noted, calling this “completely different to the demands of the US on paper but also the demands of the US’s regional allies like the Gulf states and Israel, … who would regard
Ship-tracking data showed the vessel in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia around the time when it was intercepted. ![Preparations in Islamabad for expected second round of US-Iran talks.](https://i.guim.co.uk