Last night, far from the din of this escalation, its parliament quietly introduced a new bill to manage the strait called the Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. That news was published in X by Ebrahim Azizi, head of the assembly’s national security commission,
Days after the article was published, in December 2024, ministers announced they would take legal action. During the trial in April, the minister and his lawyers argued that the article’s mention of ministers unfairly associated their real estate businesses with treaties in the rest of the article, which included concerns about transparency and money laundering.
President Donald Trump has reversed his threat to impose a 20% tariff on all cargo transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States fights to break Iran’s control over the waterway. He said the toll would be replaced by trade and investment deals with Gulf states, just hours before the United States resumes
US President Donald Trump paid writer E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million (£3.7 million) in damages three years after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case, his lawyers have confirmed. “Today we are pleased to report that he has received the damages the jury awarded him as
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An Israeli airstrike on a post belonging to the Hamas police force in Gaza has killed at least seven people, including a senior officer, health and police officials say. Witnesses told the BBC that an Israeli drone fired four missiles at the stall near a busy market in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza. The
