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With roughly 20% of global oil passing through this 21-mile wide passage, the Strait of Hormuz remains the ultimate geopolitical lever; any threat of a blockade, Iranian or US, is enough to send global energy markets into a tailspin. (IMAGE: AFP) Iranian boats during a military exercise in the Gulf, near the strategic strait of…
Tehran: The Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway that links the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean, has held global attention since the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran over five weeks ago. In response to US-Israeli attacks, Tehran started attacking “enemy” merchant ships in the strait, effectively halting passage for all…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would travel to Panama and several other countries in the region later next week, his spokesperson said on Thursday. “Secretary Rubio will travel to Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic starting late next week,” State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said. Rubio, 53, was sworn…
Washington: Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday dismissed as bluster President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal, instead anticipating a more traditional strategy of diversifying supply chains. “On the Panama Canal, we have a treaty, we have a settled policy of many years, and that’s not going to change,” Blinken…
Panama City: Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died during violent…
Panama City: Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway. More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died during violent…
Washington: Granting Donald Trump’s demand for US ships passing through the Panama Canal to get preferential treatment would “lead to chaos,” the head of the authority running the waterway said Wednesday. “Rules are rules and there are no exceptions,” Panama Canal Authority leader Ricuarte Vasquez Morales told the Wall Street Journal. “We cannot discriminate for…
Panama City: Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal, denying that China was interfering in its operation. Mulino also rejected the possibility of reducing tolls for US vessels in response to Trump’s threat to demand control of the vital waterway connecting…
Washington DC: The thought of China is haunting Donald Trump who is troubled over Beijing’s growing influence right under US’ tail – the Panama Canal – a bridge connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean through strategically located Panama, the country which links North and South America. US President-elect Trump, who is always ready…