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New military exchanges between the United States and Iran have tested the fragile ceasefire, threatening efforts to stabilise the Middle East and restore shipping through the strategically important Strait of...
The growing energy and supply chain crisis is unlikely to ease even if the US and Iran step back from the brink. Experts warn that reopening the Strait of Hormuz...
President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing in November 2017 during his first term to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. president to do so, nearly 30 CEOs accompanied him – signing 37 major deals worth more than $250 billion. China was the first major country to retaliate against tariffs announced by the Trump administration in April 2025.
US President Trump says the US effort to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz is on pause amid a push for an Iran deal. The US says it will now only operate defensively to enforce a naval blockade. DW has more.
“The actions and statements of US officials are primarily media-driven, aimed first at preventing a drop in oil prices and second at extricating themselves from the mess they have created,” Asadi said. ” The resolution’s May 1 deadline is now set to pass without action, as lawmakers left town for a week on Thursday after the Senate rejected a Democratic attempt to halt the war for a sixth time.
The Iran war could have “dramatic consequences”, causing food shortages and price rises in some of Africa’s poorest and most vulnerable communities, the head of the world’s largest fertiliser company has said. Svein Tore Holsether, the chief executive of Yara International, said world leaders needed to guard against soaring prices and shortages of fertiliser causing a de facto global auction that would leave the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, scrambling for supplies they could ill afford. ” Only this week the EU announced it was loosening state subsidy rules for industries along with grant aid of up to €50,000 (£43,200) for individual farmers for the extra cost of fuel or fertiliser caused by the Iran war.
A US president can order a military operation without congressional approval, but only for 60 days. After that they must seek formal approval from Congress. For the Iran war, this deadline expires on May 1.
With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran’s incentive to reject his “grand bargain” peace deal and sprint instead to acquire nuclear weapons.
