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US’s aggressive anti-drug policy and other issues. Bolivia is the third largest producer of coca, the raw material for the drug cocaine, but the crop also has uses in traditional medicine and Andean
blockade and reached the Asia Pacific while carrying more than 1.9 million barrels of crude oil valued at nearly $220m. ## Diplomacy - The US has approved $8.6bn in major arms deals and military support
enforcement against violent settlers” in the occupied Palestinian territory. That included using his position to “prevent police from protecting humanitarian convoys bound for Gaza, allowing settlers to attack and halt aid”. Upon taking office
blockade didn’t just hurt Iranian exports – the Trump administration effectively controls Iran’s ability to import goods it desperately needs. Analysts say, in some ways, that economic chokehold could exert even more pressure
blockades across the country on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the US deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, claimed that the protests were “an ongoing coup d’état”. Speaking in Washington, Landau said: “Let us not make
blockade on Iranian ports. During that time Iran would also be able to freely sell oil and negotiations would be held on the nuclear issue. The apparent concessions from Washington have triggered alarm among several
enforcing the hijab,” said Alfoneh. Mojtaba Khamenei has said little in detail about the talks or the ceasefire, but one indicator of his frame of mind may be his appointment as military adviser of Mohsen
US announcement of charges against Castro Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled an indictment that accuses Castro of ordering the shootdown in 1996 of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles. The charges, which were secretly
US blockade, as Iran had expected. Later, in one of many phone interviews that day, Trump said: “They [Iran] want me to open it. The Iranians desperately want it opened. I’m not opening
blockade of Iran’s ports, and subsequent [skyrocketing food inflation](/news/2026/5/10/food-inflation-hammers-households-in-war-hit-iran). ## Why has Iran focused on the UAE? The US military has had a significant presence on the UAE’s soil for years, including
blockade of the strait of Hormuz after the signing of initial understanding, and an immediate end to the war with guarantees against any renewed attack. It followed the US’s peace proposal, which was reported
blockade of all ships coming from or going to Iranian ports. It is unclear whether the US would allow vessels that have paid Iran for insurance to transit — even if Tehran allows them. ## What about
blockade of all Iran-linked ships trying to pass through the strait, further compounding the traffic jam around the waterway through which a fifth of global oil and gas passes during peacetime. ## Low impact
enforce a deterrent warning for the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, rather than reacting to the killing of Iranian generals or accumulated grievances, as with previous instances of attacks against Israel. The emboldened move diverges from
blockaded Iranian ports since April 13 in a bid to disrupt Tehran’s oil exports and access to foreign currency. UK-based maritime intelligence company Lloyd’s List said on Monday that at least four
blockade on Iranian ships and ports. Since then, the US has captured Iranian ships near the strait, and its troops have boarded other ships hundreds of miles away in the Asia Pacific, which it alleges
blockade on oil to Cuba that has resulted in blackouts and food shortages. Earlier on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a message to the Cuban people timed to the country's independence
blockade. Meanwhile, Iran has published a map showing parts of the strait that it said had been mined, and an alternative route for approved ships earlier this month. This route brings ships much closer
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful
blockade has “completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea” and will continue amid the two-week ceasefire declared a week ago. US President Donald Trump told Fox News that