U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) that trade and investment deals with the Gulf states will replace the 20% fee for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz that he had proposed a day earlier.
Also read | Why Iran insists on controlling the Strait of HormuzLebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under U.S. auspices in Rome on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), against the backdrop of a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.
But Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which calls for the group’s disarmament and whose implementation is set to begin with Israeli withdrawal from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.
Also read | It’s not over: fresh attacks and a crumbling ceasefireAn Indian crew member was killed on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) while eight others, including six Indians, sustained injuries in an Iranian strike on UAE shipping tankers in the Strait of Hormuz close to Oman, in a major escalation of the conflict in West Asia.
(With inputs from agencies)
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) that trade and investment deals with the Gulf states will replace the 20% fee for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz that he had proposed a day earlier.
Also read | Why Iran insists on controlling the Strait of Hormuz
Lebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under U.S. auspices in Rome on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), against the backdrop of a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.
But Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which calls for the group’s disarmament and whose implementation is set to begin with Israeli withdrawal from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.
Also read | It’s not over: fresh attacks and a crumbling ceasefire
An Indian crew member was killed on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) while eight others, including six Indians, sustained injuries in an Iranian strike on UAE shipping tankers in the Strait of Hormuz close to Oman, in a major escalation of the conflict in West Asia.
(With inputs from agencies)
