6m ago Trump says he ordered Navy to “shoot and kill” boats mining Strait of Hormuz President Trump wrote on Truth Social that he has directed the U.S. Navy to take action against any Iranian boats placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz. “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill…
NewsFeed Iran’s revolutionary guard has released a video said to show its forces seizing a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The container ship was one of two captured by Iran on Wednesday. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Oil tankers are remaining cautious about sailing through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran declared Friday that the sea lane is open to commercial ships, video footage shows. Oil futures contracts tumbled Friday as the market interpreted the announcement from Tehran as a major breakthrough that will ease the massive disruption to global energy supplies….
Top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says US naval blockade of Iran’s ports is ‘a clumsy and ignorant decision’. Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC) says the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that any ship that attempts to pass through the waterway will be targeted, a dramatic…
Iran said Saturday that it has reimposed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz less than a day after reopening it to shipping traffic, but President Donald Trump warned that Tehran could not blackmail the U.S. by shutting the waterway. The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said, warning that “no vessel should make…
A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds – but the information war intensifies. At the centre: the Strait of Hormuz, where competing US and Iranian narratives have collided. During any truce, even when the bombs stop falling, the information war goes on. Moments like this test journalism. Because the job is not just…
Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.
World shares were mixed Friday even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of more U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire of the Iran war that is expiring next week. Oil prices fell Friday, while U.S. futures edged up. President Trump suggested Thursday that he’s open to extending the…
A view of the vessels passing through Strait of Hormuz following the two-week temporary ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran on the condition that the strait be reopened, seen in Oman on April 08, 2026. Shadi J. H. Alassar | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran on Friday declared the Strait of Hormuz completely…
President Trump says leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak Thursday, as Washington pushes to ease hostilities after the rivals’ first direct talks in decades on Tuesday. “Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon,” Mr. Trump said late Wednesday on his Truth Social platform, apparently referring to the meeting held in…
