Donald Trump has threatened Iran with airstrikes against their bridges and suggested “other people” will launch a ground campaign for him
As fighting in the region intensifies, the US president said he will hit Iran “very hard” in the coming days
“Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’ll knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate”, Trump told Fox News Tuesday evening, Washington time
Trump also didn’t rule out a ground campaign, saying, “Sometimes you need a ground campaign, but we have other people that will do the ground campaign for us”
American forces launched more strikes against Iran and reinstated their blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday
US Central Command announced that the additional strikes were conducted to “continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
But Trump U-turned on his plan to impose a 20 per cent fee on maritime traffic to guard the oil waterway
The president wrote on Truth Social thattrade and investment deals with the Gulf states would replace the fee for ships to pass through the channel
Indian missing after attack on ship off Oman coast is dead, says family
An Indian national who went missing after an attack on commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman is dead, his father-in-law said this morning
Of the 11 Indians on board, 10 were rescued, the Indian foreign ministry said on Sunday
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 07:15
Oil prices rise above $85 as US strikes Iran for second night
Oil prices rose in choppy trading this morning as US forces carried out a second consecutive night of strikes against Iranian targets and Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iran’s ports near the Strait of Hormuz
West Texas Intermediate, the US crude benchmark, rose 1 per cent to $80.14 a barrel, while Brent, the international benchmark, gained 1.2 per cent to $85.77 a barrel
US Central Command said forces had struck missile and drone facilities, naval assets and coastal defence systems in Iran overnight. Washington also reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports near the strait, further escalating the conflict with Tehran
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Oil prices rise above $85 as US strikes Iran for second night
US Central Command says forces struck missile and drone facilities, naval assets and coastal defence systems in Iran overnight
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 07:05
Iran says Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until ‘end of America’s evils’
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard this morning said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until what it described as “the end of America’s evils”
The statement comes as the US military this morning reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American forces as an interim deal to end the war further unraveled
The Guard said they had targeted what they described as command-and-control, logistics, fuel and military equipment facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, in response to the latest US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz
They also said they had set fire to and destroyed what they described as a US logistics facility in Kuwait’s Mina Abdullah and that their air force had struck what they described as a US base at Azraq in Jordan, targeting aircraft hangars
They said some of the US attacks had been launched from bases on Jordanian territory
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 06:55
Jordan says it intercepted ballistic missiles from Iran
Jordan’s air defences have intercepted at least three ballistic missiles allegedly fired from Iran during today’s early hours, the military said
It added that engineering teams secured several sites where debris fell and reaffirmed that it would respond to any violation or threat to Jordanian airspace
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 06:40
US strikes wheat storage silo in Iran
US projectiles have hit a wheat storage silo in Hoveizeh County in Iran’s western Khuzestan province, Fars News reported, citing the deputy governor of the province
This alleged attack comes after president Donald Trump threatened to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran, including bridges and power plants
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 06:25
Donald Trump is behaving like a pathetic pirate king in the Strait of Hormuz
What gives this modern-day Blackbeard, Captain TACO, the right to join the Iranians in holding the world’s energy supplies to ransom, asks Sean O’Grady
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Trump is behaving like a pathetic pirate king in the Strait of Hormuz
What gives this modern-day Blackbeard, Captain TACO, the right to join the Iranians in holding the world’s energy supplies to ransom, asks Sean O’Grady
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 06:12
Dubai to build new port to bypass Strait of Hormuz
Dubai is planning to build a new port and terminal to circumvent Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz
Passage through the vital shipping route – through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passes – has been disrupted since US-Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February
Despite an interim agreement effectively opening up access to commercial vessels, a row has broken out over the interpretation of a clause relating to the waterway, sparking a resumption of hostilities between the US and Iran
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Dubai to build new port to bypass Strait of Hormuz as Iran continues attacks on ships
The UAE has been the hardest-hit by Iranian retaliatory strikes and seeks to protect itself from further hostilities
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 05:43
Iran’s Guard say they have attacked US bases in Kuwait
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said they have attacked US military bases in Kuwait
The statement comes as the US military said it completed an additional round of strikes against Iran at 10pm EST
It said it hit “dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas”
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 05:15
US reimposes its blockade on Iranian ports
The US military this morning reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American forces as an interim deal to end the war further unraveled
The US first imposed the blockade in mid-April. Then we lifted it in mid-June, a day after signing the interim deal that set 60 days for negotiations over issues like Iran’s nuclear program. Still, talks have stalled as fighting over the strait has intensified
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened this morning to halt all energy exports from the Middle East over the blockade.”The export of oil and gas from the region will be either for everyone or for no one,” it said
When US president Donald Trump announced the return of the blockade Monday, he also said he would impose a 20 per cent fee on ships passing through the strait. But he dropped the plan to collect fees hours before resuming the blockade, citing requests from allies in the Persian Gulf
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar15 July 2026 05:02
