Trump praises China for remaining ‘relatively inactive’ during Strait of Hormuz crisis

US President Donald Trump praised China on Monday for remaining on the sidelines during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, just weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Washington. “Even with the Strait of Hormuz, he’s relatively inactive. He’s been relatively inactive by comparison to

For the first time in a month, the US has launched strikes against Iran. The attack targeted the shipping island of Larak in the Strait of Hormuz. The US says it was aimed at preventing Tehran from placing sea mines in the strategic shipping lane, just days after Washington announced it had completed clearing explosive

In Shishir Gupta’s assessment, the failure to produce a regime-changing outcome means that Iran has neither capitulated nor abandoned its core strategic stance.

US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month, sparking reprisals against US forces in the region US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian retaliatory attacks The UAE condemned an Iranian drone attack intercepted over its territorial waters, calling it a “dan

“Notwithstanding the rise of alternative and green technologies over the past decade, the global economy is still very reliant on oil and gas."