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US military says blockade of Iran ports ‘completely’ halts economic trade

President Donald Trump is hoping the blockade will force officials in Tehran to accept Washington

Europe has only six weeks’ supply of jet fuel left due to Iran war, says energy chief

president, Donald Trump. However, there have not yet been outright shortages of jet fuel as shipments

Celebrations in Lebanon as 10-day ceasefire with Israel begins

President Donald Trump [announced the ceasefire on Thursday](/news/2026/4/16/trump-says-israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-temporary-ceasefire) and confirmed that Iran-backed Hezbollah

Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan

president JD Vance faced heckles from an audience member – who appeared to be criticising the [Trump

Sheinbaum vows to ‘defend Mexicans at every level’ amid anger at Trump over migrant deaths

Trump over migrant deaths The Mexican government has voiced concern about the deaths of its citizens in US custody, with Mexican president

Pope Leo XIV says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ as US bishops express support

Trump’s vice-president and a converted Catholic, assailed Leo for speaking out against the war, in effect

Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

Trump said. “Do people like the fact that your president isn’t doing anything to get the oil [in Iran

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says

Trump has said that US-Iranian peace talks could resume in Islamabad over the next two days, and complimented the work of Pakistan’s army chief as mediator. The US president

North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns

Trump during the US president’s first term, and a deterioration in ties between Pyongyang

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says

Trump staffer gave insight into the president’s thinking in the early days of his second

The AI images Trump can’t get enough of

Trump’s campaign, and continuing into his second term, either he or the White House has repeatedly used AI imagery to visualize the president

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) for more than a year, as the US president focused on working

King not meeting Epstein survivors, but state visit could help ease US-UK tensions

Trump will hold a private meeting and the president will host a state dinner at the White

Wales’s first minister calls on Keir Starmer to halt US-UK space defence project

Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) the country is “not the partner it once was”. In a statement on Wednesday, Labour’s Eluned Morgan cited the US president

No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia

president made the comments while taking questions from reporters, including Australian correspondents, as he left the White House on Thursday. Footage showed Trump

Sonia Sotomayor apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh in US supreme court justice spat

Trump since he returned to the presidency in January 2025. On Monday, Ketanji Brown Jackson

South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US

Trump began his second term, the US president has [accused South Africa’s government of racial

‘Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing

Trump administration has slashed global aid, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids

Short-term gains for China from US-Iran war may turn to longer-term pain

Trump’s first trip to [China](https://www.theguardian.com/world/china) since 2017. But the trip, and a meeting with China’s president

Trump’s pardons are costing shooting survivors millions

president’s pen. “We don’t know what cases they’re not bringing,” he said. The $113m in fines that Trump