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In a threat to claim sovereignty over the critical chokepoint that has been shut down by Iran, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social, depicting the Strait of Hormuz as “new US territory”. This is not the first time Trump has raised the idea of a US takeover. On…
Iran’s navy fired ‘warning shots’ at US warships in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, state media said, after the American military sent cruisers into the Gulf as part of a plan to help trapped commercial vessels leave. Earlier, US President Donald Trump had announced a plan to guide ships from neutral countries out of…
The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes, has begun to see limited movement again after Iran agreed to reopen it under a temporary ceasefire with the United States. But traffic remains a fraction of normal levels, and hundreds of ships are still stranded. The Strait, a strip of water only…