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Strait of Hormuz is hosting gunboat diplomacy as US and Iran vie for most effective blockade

Donald Trump’s indefinite shelving of the plan to bomb Iran’s bridges and power

Bad optics? Israel jails soldiers who smashed Jesus statue in Lebanon

Donald Trump. Those supporters frequently justify their support for Israel by relying on Christian Zionist

Pentagon says navy secretary is leaving, marking another top leader’s departure

Donald Trump nominated him for secretary in late 2024. Phelan was a major donor to Trump

Top ministers quit after Peru’s president postpones F-16 fighter jet deal

Donald Trump. Last week, the left-wing Balcazar — Peru’s ninth president in a decade

Iranian forces seize two ships in strait of Hormuz amid doubts over further peace talks with US

Donald Trump threatened violence on Tuesday just hours before announcing he was unilaterally extending a ceasefire

Iran says ‘fully prepared’ for football team’s World Cup participation

Donald Trump [said](/news/2026/3/12/trump-says-not-appropriate-for-iran-to-participate-in-the-world-cup-in-us) in March that while Iran’s team would be welcome at the tournament

Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war

Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/eric-trump-drones-gulf-states-iran). Some experts have suggested that the money could be better

Czech journalists threaten to strike over plan to scrap licence fees

Donald Trump argue that public media is no longer needed because we already have private

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’

Donald Trump** announced he was indefinitely calling off US attacks, while there is no sign

Warner Bros and Paramount merger could reshape US media landscape

Donald Trump. Under Ellison’s leadership, the network has already taken steps, critics say, to appease

China’s DeepSeek unveils latest models a year after upending global tech

Donald Trump, hailed the model’s release at the time as “AI’s Sputnik moment

Pope Leo urges justice reform in Equatorial Guinea’s prisons

Donald Trump to accept deportees from other countries, one in a series of such arrangements

US suspect accused of stealing Kristi Noem’s purse sentenced to three years

Donald Trump added that the suspect, 50-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva, would also be subject

Prediction market Kalshi docks three US candidates for betting on own races

Donald Trump. “It seems pretty clear what happened. People inside the White House, or those

US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Gulf, Asian allies request swap lines

Donald Trump said he was considering on Tuesday. Bessent did not name the countries making

Democrats up in Virginia, but US voters may pay price for redistricting war

Donald Trump to urge his fellow Republicans in Texas to do the same. Democrats may be up at the moment

Iran says Strait of Hormuz cannot be opened due to ceasefire breaches

Donald Trump announced an extension to the US-Iran ceasefire that was due to expire

Extended naval blockade is an admission US military escalation poses even greater risk

Donald Trump’s decision to extend the [naval blockade of Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade) indefinitely

ACLU, Amnesty lead 120 rights groups issuing US World Cup ‘travel advisory’

Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies. Between 5 and 10 million visitors are expected to travel

No Fifa plans for Iran-Italy swap at World Cup

Donald Trump's special envoy.** There has been ongoing uncertainty over Iran's participation in the tournament