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news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeIranian military officials said Saturday that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz have reverted to “strict control,” citing the continued U.S. blockade of its ports, just one day after declaring the waterway “completely open.”Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive […]

ROME − A priest celebrates a weekday mass for a couple of dozen faithful at the Basilica of St. Augustine, the main Augustinian church in the Italian capital. The congregation’s thin voices echo amid scaffolding for repairs and the shuffling of tourists passing through to photograph the 400-year-old Caravaggio masterpiece “Madonna of Loreto” and Raphael’s […]

President Donald Trump said his administration has “very good conversations going on” with Iran on April 18 after a possible breakthrough in peace negotiations was dashed hours earlier when Iran announced the country will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.Iranian leaders have not said that they are not open to restarting talks so long as […]

Pope Leo XIV said it is “not in my interest” to “debate” President Donald Trump on April 18, amid what appeared to be an ongoing and very public feud between the two over the war in Iran.Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, told reporters a speech he gave in Cameroon that decried “tyrants” and those who […]

Trump says Strait of Hormuz is the world’s problem: ‘Go get your own oil!’  Politicosource