President Donald Trump says the U.S. will reinstate its blockade of Iranian ports while also collecting a 20% "reimbursement" fee from cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, pitching the toll as "a matter of FAIRNESS.

Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.

Donald Trump has said he will abandon a proposed fee of 20 per cent on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as the US and Iran contest control of the critical waterway. Wri

The U.S. military said it will resume its blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET after Trump vowed to reinstate the blockade and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

British counter-terrorism ⁠police said on ​Tuesday that former government ‌minister Ann Widdecombe, ‌who ⁠was ⁠found murdered at her home last ​week, was clearly targeted, adding that ​officers were still working ⁠to ⁠establish the ⁠motive.

Police can hold the suspect for up to seven days under the Terrorism Act.

Former politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was killed in a “targeted attack,” though the motivation is still under investigation, British counterterror police said Tuesday. A 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and terror crimes remains in custody on an extended detention warrant under the Terrorism Act that allows police to question him for up to another week.

Officers are still working to understand the motive and have obtained a warrant of further detention under the Terrorism Act. | ITV News West Country

A military parade has marched through the streets of Paris below clouds of red, white and blue smoke left by planes in the sky as part of Bastille Day celebrations. Held each year on 14 July, the national holiday marks the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789,

As France celebrates Bastille Day, its soccer team is facing off against Spain in the World Cup and the country is enduring its third intense heatwave this year, with forest fires raging in the south and outside Paris.

France's Emmanuel Macron embraces Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he presides over Bastille Day celebrations :: Paris, France / July 14, 2026 :: Germany's Friedrich Merz and Britain's

With nearly 6,700 troops, 98 aircraft, 31 helicopters and 315 vehicles, a record number of military personnel were marching the traditional route between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde.

Hundreds of people protested in Maine on Tuesday over the killing of a Colombian driver by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, after federal officials appeared to shift their narrative about the deadly encounter.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a Colombian man in Maine on Monday, marking the latest migrant death in the United States.

A federal immigration officer fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force. Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was killed as a 26-year-old native of Colombia.

An ICE agent has fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the US state of Maine, a week after the agency used deadly force against another migrant in a Texas traffic stop.

The price ​of Brent crude oil futures for prompt delivery rose on Tuesday ‌to a one-month high over the price for oil six months later as traders priced in renewed risks to Middle Eastern supplies and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil surged to almost $87 a barrel, its highest level in a month after the United States and Iran traded attacks as they vied over the Hormuz Strait.

Crude futures extended gains as the U.S. reimposed its Iranian blockade and Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is closed.

The U.S. is the world's leading oil producer. We don't import much oil from the Middle East. Why, then, are oil and gas prices so high?

A blaze at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao music bar in northern Bangkok was the city’s deadliest fire in 17 years. The fire broke out late Sunday and spread quickly, leaving

A massive fire has devastated a music bar in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people and critically injuring 25 others

A huge fire engulfed a beer hall in Bangkok overnight into Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens before firefighters brought the blaze under control, authorities said.

A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning, killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said. Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the Na Ladprao pub in the northern part of the Thai capital.