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US ‘likely to extend’ Russian oil waiver

US ‘likely to extend’ Russian oil waiver

US President Donald Trump's administration is likely to extend as soon as Friday a waiver allowing countries to buy some sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The US Treasury Department has allowed purchases of Russian oil and products at

US to blockade Iran after talks fail to yield a deal

US to blockade Iran after talks fail to yield a deal

The US military said it will begin a blockade of all maritime ​traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday after weekend talks failed to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, jeopardizing a ‌fragile two-week ceasefire. The talks in Islamabad, which ran from Saturda

US Navy to block all ships in Strait of Hormuz: Trump

US Navy to block all ships in Strait of Hormuz: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that the US is going to start "BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz".  In a lengthy new post on Truth Social, he said that "the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NU

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