Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday the democratic island has the “right to engage with the world”, after he returned from a trip to Africa that Taipei has accused Beijing of trying to derail.
Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a “massive missile strike” on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it.
Japan has taken delivery of its first stockpile of oil from Russia since global supplies were choked off by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the Iran war, reports said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the United States and its allies have jeopardized the security of maritime shipping and energy transit by violating the ceasefire and imposing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
South Korea said Tuesday it will “review its position” on joining US operations in the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump urged Seoul to take part following an apparent Iranian attack on one of its ships.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Monday that two US-flagged commercial vessels successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian media reported that two missiles struck a US Navy frigate attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Canada and Europe are not destined to submit to a more “brutal world”, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, urging closer ties as strongman politics roils the international order.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, said one of its crude oil tankers was involved in an incident off the coast of Oman after being targeted by two Iranian drones.
Europeans have “heard” US President Donald Trump’s message of frustration over the Iran war and are “stepping up”, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Monday after Washington announced it would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.
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