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status of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, remains unknown. ## United Kingdom UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer cohosted a summit on a potential military mission to secure the Hormuz Strait with French President Emmanuel Macron
Hormuz** and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iranian ports. A UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ships
Hormuz Strait if such a blockade were to remain in effect. Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is closely aligned with the IRGC, reported that Tehran considers the continuation of the US blockade a violation
Iran. GCC members stand by the principles of good neighbourliness and enhancing regional stability and are unified in their opposition to aggression and destabilisation. In the coming months and years, Gulf unity can be taken
status of its ongoing mediation efforts. The first round of talks, held just over a week ago in Islamabad, ended without an agreement. Vance later accused Iran of refusing to accept Washington's terms
status quo. “Anything to end this current state of no war, no peace, no trace of a clear future would be welcome at this point. If this continues, it will be devastating,” he told
Strait of Hormuz disrupts global shipping and elevates gas prices in the U.S. Another House war powers resolution nearly passed last week, falling on a tie vote as three Republicans voted in favor. ### [Middle East
Iran deemed safe, adding that military vessels were still prohibited, the official said. “We are currently verifying the recent announcement related to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, in terms of its compliance with
Strait of Hormuz and maritime security,” said Thafer. Reza Afzal, an Iranian journalist and political analyst, said the Gulf states’ posture had shifted since 2015. “Countries that had opposed the nuclear deal [JCPOA
status. Although the US does not recognise the government in Taipei, it maintains a deliberately vague policy on China’s territorial claims. Despite the controversy, neither the Chinese nor the US readout mentioned whether Trump
Strait of Hormuz so that US-Iran talks could proceed. “The blockade is somewhat more effective than the bombing. They are choking like a stuffed pig,” Trump said of Iran. “And it is going
Strait of Hormuz, and halting support for regional proxy groups. What is now being discussed bears little resemblance to those demands. Missiles and proxies have largely been dropped from the public agenda. Instead, discussions focus
Iran,” in particular. In this new take on the Gulf impasse, US and Iranian representatives were having “very positive discussions” – a turnaround from Trump’s outright rejection of Tehran’s latest peace proposal just hours
status of the self-defence forces, to opposition to fundamental changes to Japan’s postwar pacifism. In a poll published at the weekend by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, 57% of respondents were in favour
strait of Hormuz, the country’s production slumped 44% to 1.9m in March, and its capacity to increase production is contested. Overall, the Iran war wiped out 7.88m barrels a day of Opec
Hormuz, in retaliation against US-Israeli strikes since 28 February. About a fifth of global oil and gas shipments cross the strait. Oil prices overall have been higher since the US-Iran conditional ceasefire, which
Strait of Hormuz](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5811770/iran-war-updates) — through which some 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically travels— will fully reopen. "Even if an agreement was reached today … we're talking weeks
Hormuz would trigger an unprecedented energy shock, as the strait carries approximately one-fifth of all oil traded globally and 30 percent of the world’s LNG. ## Tel Aviv: The war that must
Iran war, as well as pushing for the establishment of an ASEAN power grid to integrate the region’s electricity networks by 2045. Manila declared a national emergency in March amid energy shortages linked
Strait of Hormuz. Days after the war began – and after Starmer initially refused to allow US forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran – Trump described the British leader as “not Winston Churchill