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July 15, 2026

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Trump Drops 20% Strait of Hormuz Toll After Gulf Pushback; Replaces With Investment Deal Pledge

US President Donald Trump reversed his Monday announcement of a 20% toll on all ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on July 14, saying Gulf states would make "trade and investment deals" with the United States instead. The original proposal alarmed maritime lawyers and energy markets, who said it violated international law and would trigger an oil price spike. Trump attributed the reversal to "highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership."

December 25, 2025

News Desk

Venezuela passes law to jail supporters of US oil blockade

parliament of Venezuela. Photo: Reuters (file) CARACAS: Venezuela’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that carries long prison terms for any national who supports a blockade of United States oil tankers Caracas has labeled piracy. The country already has a similar law for those who support sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Washington and dozens of other capitals consider his last two re-elections stolen. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose whereabouts have been unknown since she went into hiding to travel to Oslo where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, has spoken out in favor of sanctions

September 4, 2025

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Ex-Pacer hits Rizwan’s blockade after Haris’s poor performance

Mohammed Rotvan (Center) is comforted by teammate Mohammad Haris as he walks back on the booth after his dismissal during the ICC Men World Cup semifinal in the New Zealand World Cup between New Zealand and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground. – AFP/file Following an indifferent performance by Batter Mohammad Haris, former fast-paced Tanveer Ahmed Bowling has criticized the decision to abandon Wicketkeeper-Batter Mohammad Rizwan during the continuing three row between Pakistan, UAE and Afghanistan. “If Muhammad Haris was playing this way, then why Mohamad Rizwan is deliberately excluded from the team?” Tanveer said in a place in X. The

June 23, 2025

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Pakistan Mulls Alternative Routes for Oil Imports In the case of Hormuz Blockade narrow

A security personnel stands guard near a Russian cargo ship carrying crude oil anchored at the port of Karachi in Karachi on June 28th 2023. – AFP Federal oil minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Monday that arrangements were made to import oil products through alternative routes in the event of a close closing Hormuz in the midst of Iran-Israel. His statement came after Iran’s moves began to prevent the strait in response to US strikes in nuclear sites that increased tensions in the Middle East. Speaking to Geo News, Malik said the government reviewed the condition of oil products

October 31, 2023

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Gaza hospitals struggling to cope with airstrikes, blockade

GAUZE: As Gazans prepare for an Israeli ground offensive, following days of intense airstrikes and a blockade in response to an onslaught by the Palestinian group Hamas, health ministry official Ashraf Al-Qidra wonders how hospitals will cope. Doctors are scrambling to help a growing number of patients, including children injured in airstrikes, in overcrowded hospitals that are short of medicine and fuel because of the blockade. Only the most acute cases are operated on because there are not enough resources, doctors say. “If the hospital stops working, the whole world will be responsible for the lives of hundreds and thousands

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