Trump added that he has instructed the US Navy to interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. US President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz in a Truth Social post on Sunday, following the failure of US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan over the weekend….
Greetings, Michael here. There was no Update last week as festivities were underway for the Unleavened Bread Weekend here in Tyler and as my dad continues to convalesce. He has improved but your prayers on his behalf are still appreciated. Our activities here were well and enthusiastically attended. We enjoyed Bible Study, Horseback Riding, Bowling,…
Dozens said killed in Beirut; Hezbollah renews rocket attacks on Israel; IDF announces Staff Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, killed Tuesday in southern Lebanon The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday carried out its largest wave of airstrikes yet against Hezbollah, the military said, after announcing that it would keep fighting the Iran-backed terror group in…
The president said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire on the condition that Iran re-open the Strait of Hormuz. What to know TRUMP AGREES TO SUSPEND ATTACKS: President Donald Trump said this evening, just hours ahead of his deadline, that he had agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously signalled Kyiv’s openness to a potential Easter truce. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire with Ukraine for the duration of the Orthodox Easter holidays, the Kremlin said on Thursday night, after Kyiv also proposed a pause in hostilities. “By the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief…V.V. Putin, in connection…
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the pardons were a “humanitarian gesture” in connection with Holy Week and didn’t mention mounting pressures with the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people back to the lower courts for them to apply a new standard. By a vote of 8-1, the justices agreed with Kaley Chiles, the licensed…
Ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will need secret codes and to pay up to $2 million in Chinese yuan or cryptocurrencies to avoid being attacked by Iran, according to a new report. After Iran’s lawmakers approved a bill to impose fees on the safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz this…
Donald Trump has announced that Iran‘s new leadership is requesting a ceasefire, but warned any truce is contingent on the Strait of Hormuz reopening. The President claimed that the ‘new regime president’ was ‘much less radicalized and far more intelligent that his predecessors’, without revealing with whom the US was negotiating, in a post on…
The Kremlin on Monday welcomed the arrival of a Russian-flagged oil tanker to Cuba, saying energy supplies to the fuel-starved island had been discussed with the U.S. ahead of its delivery. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow considered it its duty to help Cuba, according to Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti. He added that…