US President Donald Trump said that the United States has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz and that no ship can enter or leave without US Navy’s approval as the strait is “Sealed up Tight”.
The EU on Thursday gave its final approval to a 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) loan for Ukraine and a new round of sanctions on Russia, in a boost for Kyiv after a prolonged row, Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, said on Thursday.
The U.S. military seized another tanker Thursday associated with smuggling Iranian oil. The U.S. Defense Department said it seized the oil tanker Majestic X in the Indian Ocean.
Russia said on Thursday that it will continue exporting oil, citing surging demand in global markets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the signing of three significant security agreements with Middle Eastern countries.
Japan’s lower house approved a bill on Thursday to upgrade Tokyo’s intelligence capacity, the latest step in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s campaign to boost the nation’s defense and security apparatus.
Iranian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hamid Reza Haji Babaei said on Wednesday that the first revenue from tolls collected from the Strait of Hormuz has been deposited into the Central Bank of Iran, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency.
The European Union is set to ramp up tests on rules that oblige the bloc’s 27 member countries to help each other in times of crisis, as the reality sinks in that Washington’s commitment to NATO and security in Europe under U.S. President Donald Trump is evaporating.
Peru’s Foreign and Defense Ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the interim president’s decision to stall a $3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets.
Iran said that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is impossible as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in place.
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