TRUMP has said he will make the Strait of Hormuz US territory after the Iran war is over, as a new warship heads for the global chokepoint. During a speech at a Long Island police academy, the US

President Trump claimed during remarks on Long Island, N.Y., on Friday that he will make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, despite the fact that Oman and Iran share jurisdiction of the waterway.

Donald Trump has said threatened to declare the Strait of Hormuz as a US territory, escalating his rhetoric over control of the waterway amid the war with Iran.

By Phil Stewart PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed.

The Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of an increasingly tense confrontation between Iran and the United States, with both sides offering sharply dif

US President Donald Trump is downplaying the prospect of reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran fails to materialize, Axios reported on Sunday. "We are low-keying

Trump says the U.S. naval blockade is being called “a wall of steel," and Iran can't do anything about it.

Pakistan's defence minister suggests the US and Iran are nearing an arrangement regarding the Strait of Hormuz, despite recent escalations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.