Guyana Is Leaving Millions On The Table With Exxon While It Searches For A Company To Salvage The MV Barima  ExxonMobil Just Posted $14.5 Billion In Profit As Guyana Is Still Burying Its Dead And Protesting In The Streets  French Guiana is about to get its first direct digital link to Europe  Caribbean Wages 2026: Guyana And Suriname’s Oil Boom vs. Some Of The Region’s Lowest Pay  Guyana – US Pushes To Lead Guyana’s Energy Future As Country’s Aging Ferry Fleet Turns Deadly  Trump’s New Tariffs Hit These Four Caribbean Countries 
World News

Iran war live: Trump vows to make Hormuz US territory ‘pretty soon’ 

14 August 2026
Support us
This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.

blinking-dotLive updates,

By Alex Milan Durie and Zsombor Peter

Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026

  • Trump says he will make Strait of Hormuz a US territory “pretty soon” while preparing a hard economic blow to force Iran into ending the war.
  • In response to Trump’s threat to claim the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says the waterway will remain Iranian and that blockade enforcement will continue until the US accepts defeat.

 

Support us

Related News

11 August 2026

Bashar al-Assad, Atef Najib sentenced to death in landmark Syria trial 

23 July 2026

Oil surges past $100 in a first since May as Middle East conflicts rage 

08 July 2026

Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for third time in a week 

02 August 2026

Venezuela and the Dominican Republic say they will work to restore ties