US Navy May Escort Tankers Through the Strait of Hormuz

Hegseth: Hormuz Blockade Stays "As Long As It Takes" - Ships Now Fair Game For Search & Seizure Summary US Navy: vessels seeking entry into Hormuz Strait now fair game for boarding, search, and outright seizure - including for suspicion of 'contraband'. Hegseth: US forces are ready to restart combat if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal & strait blockade to continue for as long as it takes. Already 13 ships have been turned around. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf calls ceasefire in Lebanon "as important as a ceasefire in Iran." Heavy Israeli bombardment of...

Crude Spikes On Israeli Report: Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf Resigns From Negotiating Team After IRGC Intervention Summary Israeli media says Iran Parliament Speaker resigns from negotiating team under IRGC pressure, oil spikes. Trump orders US Navy 'shoot & kill' small Iranian boats amid concern over mines in Hormuz. Says US now "doesn't need a deal". Overnight, US military intercepted two more Iranian oil supertankers that tried to evade the blockade And in Indian Ocean US conducted a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran. Media sources confirm based...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay and threatened to attack the Cuban government if it acquired weapons that could strike the American military facility or homeland.  “It would be unwise of the government of Cuba to try to procure or get access to the types of weapons […]