Iran has threatened to block further trading routes in the region, as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended
Iran has threatened to block further trading routes in the region, as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71. He died on Saturday evening following a "brief and sudden illness", according to his office.Elected to the Senate
John Bolton, a former national security adviser to Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to mishandling classified security information as part of notes he compiled for a book. Bolton, now a prominent critic of the US president, was
US president Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100% import tariff on any European country that introduces a digital services tax on American technology giants. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said "Numerous European countries"
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