WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will extend the ceasefire with Iran as the current two-week truce is set to expire on Wednesday night. “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister …

A global shipping route is once again under threat as Iranian forces move against commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has seized two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, saying reopening the waterway would be “impossible” if US President Donald Trump continues a blockade on Iranian ports.

Iran seizes two ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions with the US following Trump's call-off of attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Confusion deepened Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway whose closure has plunged the world into an energy crisis after tankers carrying a fifth of the world’s oil were blocked from using the channel. The attacks unfolded just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he […]

President Donald Trump has announced the extension of a fragile ceasefire with Iran, citing a request from Pakistan and saying he is awaiting what he called a “unified proposal” from Tehran.

Iran has fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them.

Iranian minister denies American blockade effective, after US president extended ceasefire indefinitely; Tehran executes man accused of working with Mossad

DUBAI, Apr 22: Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, damaging the vessel and heightening tensions after ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to take place. According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, the incident occurred around 7:55 a.m., when a Guard gunboat […]

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he expects the U.S. and Israel war against Iran to end soon since it began in late February.

The standoff between the U.S. and Iran has effectively choked off nearly all exports through the strait — where 20% of the world’s traded oil passes in peacetime — with no end in ...

President Donald Trump announced that the United States would extend its ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, stepping back from earlier threats of renewed bombing and giving diplomacy more time as efforts continue to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table. Just hours earlier, Trump had suggested that military action could resume quickly, saying he had expected bombing to restart and warning that “lots of bombs” would follow if no agreement was reached before the deadline.

Iran's naval forces fired on and seized two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as Tehran and U.S. forces vied for control of critical waterways and the upper hand in tenuous

DUBAI: An Iranian gunboat fired at a container ship off the coast of Oman on Wednesday (Apr 22), while a ship off Iran was also fired upon, a British maritime security agency said."The master of a container ship reported that the vessel was approached by one IRGC gunboat ... that then fired upon the vessel, w

Iran on Wednesday attacked a ship in the Strait of Hormuz that was on its way to Mundra Port in India, hours after US President Donald Trump announced an indefinite ceasefire. It was one of the two ships that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) announced it had attacked and taken over, according to the government-run PressTV. 📰 Iran Attacks India-Bound Ship Epaminodas and MSC Francesca in Strait of Hormuz Despite US Ceasefire.

Fresh US-Iran talks may restart within days, Donald Trump says, as the ceasefire continues. Tehran hasn't confirmed its participation in any upcoming talks.