The United States has carried out strikes on Iran for a fourth consecutive day and reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports after President Donald Trump abandoned plans for a 20 per cent levy on ships using the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said the strikes targeted Iranian capabilities u»»»

The United States and Iran each asserted on Monday that they controlled the Strait of Hormuz, after a weekend of attacks marked the sharpest escalation in violence since an interim peace deal was reached last month, further threatening any diplomatic efforts to end the protracted war in the Middle »»»