The Strait of Hormuz’s bitter lesson for the European Union

Iran said that any U.S. ground troops who enter the country would be “set on fire,” as U.S.-Israeli military operations against the Middle Eastern country stretch into a second month. Iranian state media reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran was “waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he is open to taking over Iran’s oil industry, as his administration did in Venezuela.  “To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran, but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” he […]

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President Trump's planned trip to China has been indefinitely postponed due to the economic fallout and geopolitical chaos caused by his decision to start a war with Iran, which has strained the U.S. relationship with China and caused confusion among Chinese leaders and the American public.