US President Donald Trump said the US has effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, saying, “we have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to.”

US President Donald Trump said the US has effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, saying, “we have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to.”

An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after defeating Iran, promising control over vital shipping routes.

Trump plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after defeating Iran, promising control over vital shipping routes.

United States (US) President Donald Trump has declared that the US will be taking over as its territory the Strait of Hormuz.

The attacks caused no casualties but underlined the dangers faced by vessels moving cargo through the critical waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open oceans.

UAE has blamed Iran for firing drones at two ADNOC tankers as they sailed through Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, August 13.

ADNOC reports an attack on its vessel in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions in the region.

ADNOC reports an attack on its vessel in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions in the region.

Iran has called on the US to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war.

Iran called on the US to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war.

US president urges Americans to accept slightly higher gas prices for the 'great service' of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear bomb, dismisses concerns about conditions aboard aircraft carrier

The UAE accused Iran of hitting an ADNOC-linked vessel in the Strait of Hormuz as Israeli strikes and a Houthi missile attack flared elsewhere. The clustered attacks signal a wider regional escalation that is choking shipping routes and straining fragile truces.

CAIRO, Aug 15 - The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of US territory after defeating Iran.

A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi's ADNOC was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Emirati state media. The attack marks the third such incident in a week.

President Trump says he might declare the Strait of Hormuz a "territory of the United States" and that a bit more pain at the pump for Americans will be worth keeping a nuclear weapon out of