US Politics

US President Donald Trump says the US is ‘reinstating’ its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage.

A fragile ceasefire has unravelled into fresh chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, as a controversial Trump-brokered deal is blamed for handing Iran sweeping control over one of the world’s most critical oil routes.

Lindsey Graham’s death comes as another influential Republican senator, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has spent several weeks in the hospital for undisclosed reasons.

Emergency medical responders reportedly worked to stabilise a man at the senator’s home and transport him to a hospital.

After weeks of speculation about his whereabouts, 84-year-old US Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has issued a statement about his health.

Iranian media have reported further explosions on the country's southern coast beside the Strait of Hormuz following a wave of US strikes.

Fresh US strikes have escalated tensions in the Middle East after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed following an attack on a commercial vessel.

While the ceasefire between the US and Iran is in ruins, both sides are continuing talks to find a solution to the impasse over the Strait of Hormuz.

The US President has revealed the extraordinary military orders he claims would be carried out if he were assassinated, as tensions with Iran continue to escalate.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed sharply after fresh US-Iran hostilities reignited fears over global oil supplies and the fragile ceasefire.

WASHINGTON POST: A man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk confessed to his roommate shortly after the shooting and said he wished he had not done it, a Utah court heard Thursday.

An eighth man has been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a planned attack on the UFC show at the White House.

Tehran’s military is warning any further intervention by America will draw a ‘crushing response’.

Lawyers for the former canoe racer called accusations he deliberately damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a ‘concocted narrative’.

The US and Iran traded renewed airstrikes following President Donald Trump’s declaration of the collapse of a preliminary peace agreement on Wednesday.

More than six years after E Jean Carroll first sued Donald Trump, a judge has ordered the release of a multimillion-dollar payout to the former Elle columnist.

The US has carried out more strikes on Iran, with Donald Trump calling it retribution for attacks on ships and saying the interim ceasefire deal is over.