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    Taiwan coast guard says deploys vessels in response to China operation

    TAIPEI — Taiwan's coast guard said Sunday it has deployed vessels "to respond appropriately" to a Chinese operation in waters east of the island democracy, which it said "violates international law". It comes after Chinese state media reported Saturday that the "law enforcement operation" was in response to talks between Japan and the Philippines to draw a boundary in the affected waters. China, which asserts Taiwan is part of its territory, called the talks "illegal" and has claimed exclusive control over the waters. The Chinese ships have been monitored "throughout the entire process" and Taiwan "has deployed the necessary vessels to respond appropriately," the Taiwanese coast guard said in a statement. Taiwan said it had detected four Chinese government vessels departing from Xiamen port which had sailed outside Taiwanese restricted waters southwest of the island. Taiwan's coast guard dispatched more than five vessels "to assist with surveillance". The Chinese vessels were expected to arrive "in the relevant waters" on Sunday, the statement said, adding that "China does not enjoy any

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Iran says preparing joint Hormuz navigation protocol with Oman

TEHRAN — Iran said on Thursday it was drafting a peacetime protocol that would supervise maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman, state media reported, with Tehran's closure of the vital oil corridor roiling the global economy. Deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told Russia's Sputnik state media that the protocol would apply after the ongoing war with the United States and Israel had ended, setting basic rules to manage ship movements, the IRNA news agency said. "We are currently finalising the drafting of this protocol and, once it has been finalised internally, we will undoubtedly begin negotiations with the Omani side in order to reach a joint protocol," he said. Oman has yet to report any such negotiations. Its foreign minister said last month his country was "working intensively to put in place safe passage arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz."

Apr 3, 2026By AFP
Iran says preparing joint Hormuz navigation protocol with Oman
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Trump raises pressure on Iran to make deal 'before it is too late'

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday stepped up pressure on Iran to make a deal with the United States to end the Middle East war "before it is too late," a day after he warned that the U.S. will hit the Islamic Republic "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks. Trump made the remarks in a social media post, where he posted a video of a bridge in Iran collapsing in a strike. "The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again -- Much more to follow!" Trump said in the Truth Social post. "It is time for Iran to make a deal before it is too late, and there is nothing left of what still could become a great country!" he wrote in capital letters. Trump has been seeking an exit from the conflict with Iran amid growing concerns over the war's impact on oil prices and inflation, particularly ahead of the U.S. midterm elections slated for November.

Apr 3, 2026By Yonhap
Trump raises pressure on Iran to make deal 'before it is too late'
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Bodycam shows stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after Florida crash

Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his SUV last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday that also shows deputies removing two pills from the golfer's pocket. “I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time you’re under arrest for DUI,” Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar told Woods after conducting a sobriety test on him. Woods said he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station when his speeding Land Rover clipped the back of a truck and rolled onto its side on a residential road on Jupiter Island. No one was injured in the March 27 crash. “I’m being arrested?” Woods responded as he stood alongside the road. “Yes sir,” Levenar said. After handcuffing Woods, authorities searched his pockets and found two white pills. “That’s a Norco,” Woods said after an officer pulled out the pills, referring to a painkiller that contains acetaminophen and the opioid hydrocodone. Authorities would later confirm that Woods was in possessio

Apr 3, 2026By AP
Bodycam shows stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after Florida crash
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Iran vows 'crushing' attacks on US after Trump threats

TEHRAN — Iran on Thursday threatened "crushing" attacks on the United States and Israel, firing missiles at Tel Aviv after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to bomb the Islamic republic "back to the Stone Ages." The war, which was started more than a month ago by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread throughout the Middle East and roiled the global economy, impacting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In a White House address, Trump said the U.S. was "very close" to achieving its objectives but warned its attacks would intensify if Iran did not reach a negotiated settlement. "Over the next two to three weeks, we are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong," he said. Iran's response was immediate, with Israeli air defences pressed into action. Four people were reportedly lightly injured in the Tel Aviv area. AFP journalists in Jerusalem hear fresh blasts on Thursday evening. In Tehran, AFP journalists reported a series of loud explosions, sending reverberations across the city. The targets were unclear. Iranian state TV said that U.S.-Israeli strikes hit a

Apr 3, 2026By AFP
Iran vows 'crushing' attacks on US after Trump threats
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UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

LONDON — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world's economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The U.S. didn't attend the virtual meeting, which came after U.S. President Donald Trump made clear that he thinks securing the waterway is not America’s job. Trump has also disparaged America's European allies for failing to support the war and renewed his threats to pull the U.S. out of NATO. U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the talks, which focused on political and diplomatic rather than military means, showed “the strength of our international determination" to reopen the strait. The 41 countries represented came from all continents except Antarctica, a reflection of the global tremors from a war that has sparked shortages of fuel and fertilizer and higher prices for food far beyond the Middle East. “We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage,” Cooper

Apr 3, 2026By AP
UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
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Trump speech fuels pain as gas hits $5, diesel nears record

NEW YORK — U.S. President Donald Trump's address to the nation on Wednesday, in which he vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, has put consumers on course for record fuel prices at the pumps just ahead of the country's peak summer travel season, market experts said. Americans expected Trump's speech to outline a plan to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran's blockade of the global oil conduit has sent oil and fuel prices skyrocketing, pinching consumers' wallets. But instead, Trump vowed to bomb Iran back into the "Stone Ages" and said the strait would just open "naturally" when the war ends. The comments sent U.S. crude oil prices surging more than 10% on Thursday, and U.S. average retail gasoline prices are now set to climb to between $4.25 and $4.45 a gallon by next week after crossing $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 at the start of this week, said Patrick De Haan. The pain could worsen. If there is no viable plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. average price of gasoline will likely cross $5 a gallon and hit record levels within a month, De

Apr 3, 2026By Reuters
Trump speech fuels pain as gas hits $5, diesel nears record
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Dozens of countries discuss coalition to secure passage through Strait of Hormuz

Around 40 countries are discussing joint action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Britain said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said securing the waterway was a problem for other nations to resolve. British foreign minister Yvette Cooper chaired the virtual meeting, which included France, Germany, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and India and began around midday in London. "We are focusing on the diplomatic and international planning measures, including collective mobilization of our full range of diplomatic and economic tools and pressures," Cooper said at the start of the meeting. The United States did not attend the talks, one official said. The discussions, involving representatives of some 40 countries, took place after Trump said on Wednesday evening that the Strait could open "naturally" and it was the responsibility of countries that rely on the waterway to ensure it was open. Focus on diplomatic and military options Iran has effectively shut down the key waterway, which carries about a fifth of the world's total oil consumption, in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli strike

Apr 2, 2026By Reuters
Dozens of countries discuss coalition to secure passage through Strait of Hormuz
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Macron says military operation to 'liberate' Strait of Hormuz 'unrealistic'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that a military operation to liberate the Strait of Hormuz is "unrealistic," expressing frustration at U.S. President Donald Trump's alternating statements on the Iran war. "There are those who advocate for the liberation of the Strait of Hormuz by force through a military operation, a position sometimes expressed by the United States," Macron said in Korea. "I say sometimes because it has varied. It is never the option we have chosen and we consider it unrealistic." "It is unrealistic because it would take an inordinate amount of time and would expose anyone crossing the strait to coastal threats from the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards, who possess significant resources, as well as ballistic missiles, (and) a host of other risks." He added: "This can only be done in concert with Iran. So, first and foremost, there must be a ceasefire and a resumption of negotiations." The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for oil, has been virtually paralyzed for weeks by the Middle East war. Macron also accused Trump of constantly contradicting him

Apr 2, 2026By AFP
Macron says military operation to 'liberate' Strait of Hormuz 'unrealistic'
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Iran fires missiles at Israel, Gulf neighbors as Trump talks of winding down Mideast war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to Americans on the war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states Thursday, underlining Tehran’s insistence that it rejected Washington’s outreach for a ceasefire while maintaining its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. Britain planned to hold a call Thursday with nearly three dozen countries about how to reopen the strait, through which 20 percent of all oil and natural gas traded passes in peacetime. The 35 countries, including all G7 industrialized democracies except the U.S., as well as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, signed a declaration last month demanding Iran stop blocking the strait. The call will discuss “diplomatic and political measures” that could restore shipping once the fighting is over. Washington has insisted that Iran allow ships to freely transit the strait, but Trump this week has said it is not up to the U.S. to force it, and in his address encouraged countries that receive oil through Hormuz to “build some delayed courage” and go “tak

Apr 2, 2026By AP
Iran fires missiles at Israel, Gulf neighbors as Trump talks of winding down Mideast war
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Why spike in fertiliser prices may boost China’s political clout amid Iran war shockwaves

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has crippled exports of fertiliser from the Persian Gulf, raising the spectre of higher food prices if the conflict drags on. The disruption could hand China — the world’s largest fertiliser producer — greater political leverage over countries already locked in disputes with Beijing, though it is unlikely to weaponise exports, according to analysts. Global fertiliser prices have soared since Iran effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which exports flow from major producers such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Since the war began in late February, the price of urea — the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser — has reportedly jumped from around $400 per tonne to $700. Southeast Asia has been hit especially hard. Researchers say 80 percent of the fertiliser used in the region is imported from elsewhere. Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines are among the region’s largest buyers of Gulf urea and ammonia. With the first planting season of the year just months away in much of Asia, Beijing could see its strategic leverage

Apr 2, 2026By SCMP
Why spike in fertiliser prices may boost China’s political clout amid Iran war shockwaves
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