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Middle East crisis live: Trump leaves Situation Room to golf as ships report attacks and Iran closes strait of Hormuz
Unicef pulls out of north Gaza Strip after fatal attack on contractors, and UN peacekeeper killed in LebanonSeparate to the Pakistani army chief’s trip to Iran (see post at 07:53), the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and foreign minister Ishaq Dar also concluded a trip to the Middle East after visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for talks.“We have just concluded the last leg of our engagements following productive and fruitful visits … where we held meaningful bilateral discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation across key areas,” Dar said on X. Continue reading...
French Soldier Killed In Attack On UN Peacekeepers In Lebanon: Macron
The attack near the southern Lebanese village of Ghandouriyeh came after a 10-day ceasefire went into effect at midnight Thursday between Israel and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group.
'Will Not Compromise': Iran Says Reviewing New Proposals From US
The Supreme National Security Council said Iran's negotiating delegation "will not make even the slightest compromise, retreat or leniency, and will defend with all its strength the interests of the Iranian nation".
"They Got A Little Cute": Trump After Iran's Flip-Flop On Strait Of Hormuz
"Iran Can't Blackmail Us: Trump After Tehran's Flip-Flop On Strait Of Hormuz
2 Indian-Flagged Vessels Attacked By Iran Gunboats In Hormuz, Crew Safe: Sources
2 Indian-Flagged Vessels Attacked By Iran Gunboats In Hormuz, Crew Safe: Sources
'Very Interesting Documents': Trump Teases UFO Files Release 'Very, Very Soon'
Donald Trump on Friday (Apr 17) announced that the Pentagon will soon declassify UFO files amid growing transparency calls.
2 Indian-Flagged Ships Fired Upon In Hormuz: What We Know, In 5 Points
Two Indian-flagged vessels came under attack from Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz today, sources said. No one was injured and the vessels were not damaged, they said. The two ships had to turn back after the incident northeast of Oman.
"Tweets A Lot, Talks A Lot": Iran Minister Slams Trump Over Hormuz Blockade
"The American side tweets a lot, talks a lot. Sometimes confusing, sometimes, you know, contradictory," Khatibzadeh said, referring to US President Donald Trump and his frequent social media posts.
Trump 'incapable' of accepting US has lost the war with Iran: Nobel laureate
President Donald Trump has lost the war with Iran but is refusing to accept it, according to a Nobel Prize winner. Paul Krugman believes that Trump is flat out unable to deal with the fallout of the war in Iran, and that it has not yet set in that the United States' intervention in the Middle East has failed. Writing in his Substack earlier Saturday, Krugman claimed, "It’s been clear for a while that the United States has basically lost this war. "The goal was to achieve regime change, possibly to take Iran’s uranium. Neither of those is going to happen. The Iranian regime is a harder line than it was before. Iran has ended up strengthened because it’s demonstrated its ability to shut off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz."Well, as best I can tell, and this is all speculation now, I don’t think that Trump has taken on board, maybe he’s emotionally incapable of taking on board the reality that he screwed up, that he took us to war and lost, that he, in his mind, still thinks that America has the upper hand and that the Iranians are cowering in fear over the might of the U.S. military, and that he doesn’t need to make any concessions."The Strait of Hormuz had briefly been opened by Iran but was again closed over a US blockade. A new closure of the Strait of Hormuz was confirmed by Iranian military operational command, Khatam Al Anbiya, with a statement accusing the US of "maritime piracy and theft".The statement reads, "For this reason, control of the Strait of Hormuz has reverted to its previous state, and this strategic waterway is under the strict management and control of the armed forces.""Until the US restores the complete freedom of navigation for vessels from an Iranian origin to a destination, and from a destination back to Iran, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will remain strictly controlled and in its previous state."President Trump previously imposed a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as part of his escalating Iran war strategy, declaring he would "immediately eliminate" Iranian Navy vessels attempting to breach it.
Two US army soldiers injured by brown bear during training exercise in Alaska
Soldiers were participating in ‘land navigation training’ when bear injured them in a ‘defensive attack’Two US army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear in a mountainous training area in Anchorage, Alaska, the military said on Friday.The incident happened on Thursday as the soldiers were participating in a “land navigation training event” in Arctic valley, part of the joint base Elmendorf-Richardson’s training area. Continue reading...
Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy
Deputy prime minister says it is ‘inexplicable’ top civil servant kept Downing Street in darkKeir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed security vetting, David Lammy has said, as he attempted to shore up the prime minister amid damaging fallout from the row.In his first public comments on the vetting affair, Lammy said it was “inexplicable” that Oliver Robbins, the former top civil servant who was forced out of the Foreign Office this week, had opted to leave Downing Street in the dark over the outcome. Continue reading...
56 bodies found dumped at a cemetery in Trinidad and Tobago
The bodies, mostly infants, were dumped at one of the country’s cemeteries.
