US President Donald Trump’s statement amid the Iran war has again created a stir. This statement of the President is regarding opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has directly said that the Strait of Hormuz will open, one way or the other. Also expressing hope from other countries of the world, they have said that…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday (local time) said that the Trump administration is considering waiving the Jones Act for a brief period to ensure that energy and agricultural shipments can move freely between US ports, reuters reported. The development comes weeks after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, which, in…
President Donald Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to blow up any ship attempting to do so, underscoring his determination to get oil flowing through the vital waterway after almost two weeks of war. “If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have…
Crude oil prices rocketed past $100 a barrel on Sunday for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the ongoing US military campaign against Iran strangled one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints and forced major Gulf producers to dramatically curtail output. Also Read | Oil soars, shares slide in…
The US Senate on Wednesday rejected an effort to curb President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran, voting largely along party lines to block a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval for the expanding conflict. The measure failed by a vote of 53 to 47, allowing the administration to…
The United States of America (USA) has issued a travel advisory warning Americans to “not travel” to Iran, Iraq and other Middle East countries, in a region-wide precautionary message in “light of evolving dynamics”. The advisory comes following the launch of US combat operations in Iran. The conflict has now entered Day 5 and has…
President Donald Trump has announced that he will attend and speak at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, marking the first time he will appear at the event as president after previously shunning it throughout his first term and again last year. Also Read | Did Trump put a clock on war with Iran?…
In his first live address since authorizing direct strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said the United States initially prepared for four to five weeks of sustained combat, but asserted that the campaign is already progressing “substantially ahead” of schedule. The remarks signal an intensifying US-Israel military effort across the Middle East, even as officials…
The United States on Friday, February 27, launched a massive military strike dubbed Operation Epic Fury, targeting key Iranian military targets just days after President Donald Trump gave Tehran 10 days to finalize the nuclear deal and warned that “bad things” would happen if it failed to comply with Washington’s demands. Hours after the US…
The Trump administration is planning to use Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to replace the global tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) last week, as per a Bloomberg report. To this end, officials are planning a number of additional national security investigations that would enable…
