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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The ship’s bridge suffered significant damage. It was, according to Kennedy, “a show of a calibrated use of force, signalling control without necessarily aiming to halt
Iran effectively closed the [key Strait of Hormuz waterway](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno) in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes on the country. In recent weeks, companies around the world have warned that supply disruptions
global proportions. While 149 passengers and crew remained on the ship once the virus had been identified, at least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities had already disembarked. Seven of them were British. For today
ships days after the ceasefire began on April 8. This has disrupted global oil supplies and contributed to rising prices. Countries around the world have been forced to seek alternative supplies and implement austerity measures
shipping. A White House official said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had asked US oil companies about ways to mitigate the impact of a potentially months-long siege of Iranian ports. The president
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
affected areas. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to abandon their homes. Chornobyl is not history. It is a lived reality of radioactive contaminated land that cannot be farmed, homes that cannot be returned
ships, particularly from the US and Israel, barred entirely. ## War diplomacy - **Lebanon-Israel ‘agreements’:** President Joseph Aoun says Lebanon is nearing a [“new phase”](/news/2026/4/17/lebanon-president-says-country-is-no-longer-a-pawn-amid-israel-ceasefire) of lasting deals after the ceasefire and is no longer
ship that passes through would have to pay a toll or seek permission from Iran?” he says. But, as all recent American presidents have found, reaching a lasting agreement with the Iranian regime
global recession and food emergency. In response, the US began its own naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13. Trump said operation Project Freedom was being mounted at the behest of countries whose vessels
conflict is in an unsteady and uncertain holding pattern. "It is remarkable that President Trump is prepared to go to China under these circumstances," said Kurt Campbell, chairman of The Asia Group
globally. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [A Hezbollah commander describes battling
affected nuclear facilities”. Iran has long maintained that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes and has demanded recognition of its sovereign right to enrich uranium. **Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism