President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, declaring that the country would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks United States vessels, as tensions escalate around the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Speaking in an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump said Washington would respond with overwhelming force to any aggression against…
US president Donald Trump has drawn attention online after resharing a post suggesting that the Strait of Hormuz be renamed the “Strait of Trump”. The post, circulated on his Truth Social platform, featured a map bearing the alternative name. It appeared amid renewed global focus on the narrow waterway, a critical route for international oil shipments. There has been…
Oil prices held around four-year highs on Thursday while stocks fell after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of Iranian ports could last months as peace talks remained stalled. While Tehran submitted a fresh proposal this week to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the US president reportedly did not believe it was not negotiating in good faith. The…
Donald Trump’s picture will soon appear in some US passports, officials said Tuesday, shattering another norm as the president aggressively puts his personal stamp on government institutions. The State Department, following reports by Fox News and The Bulwark, confirmed it would offer a limited-edition passport to mark this year’s 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. The articles…
Britain’s King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a fresh alleged attempt to assassinate the US president. Behind the warm welcome for Charles and Queen Camilla in front of the cameras lay a deepening rift in the “special relationship” between Washington and London…
Investigators on Sunday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by US President Donald Trump planned to target top government officials, as scrutiny grew over the event’s security. Trump, who was rushed out of the hotel ballroom in Washington by Secret Service agents, posted surveillance camera footage of the gunman attempting to sprint past a…
