Iran said that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is impossible as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in place.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that Iran remained undecided about attending the second round of talks with the United States.
A semiofficial news agency close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard again raised the idea Wednesday that Gulf Arab states remained vulnerable to having their undersea data cables being cut in the Strait of Hormuz.
Lebanon will request a one-month extension of the ceasefire during its meeting with Israel in Washington on Thursday, a Lebanese official said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two container ships (MSC Francesca and Epaminodes) and escorted them to Iranian shores, according to a statement released Wednesday.
European Union envoys gathered on Wednesday with the majority cautiously optimistic that a massive loan to help meet Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years may soon be approved after months of deadlock.
Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged Beirut to make joint efforts with Israel to counter the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, ahead of talks between the countries set to resume in Washington.
A cargo ship leaving Iran was fired upon Wednesday and was stopped in the water, a British maritime agency reported.
China warned on Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East was at a “critical juncture” after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire to allow Iran more time to negotiate.
Inflation in the UK climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the pump in the wake of the disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran war, official figures showed Wednesday.
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