Here are details on the planned blockade and its implications for oil markets.

Brent crude futures gained $7.03, or 7.4 percent, to $102.23 a barrel by 0810 GMT

Lieutenant general Susan Coyle was named Australia's Chief of Army following a three-decade career during which she has served in the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Both the Iranian and American delegations departed Pakistan without a deal

Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing officials and people familiar with the matter.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not care if Iran comes back to negotiations with the United States after talks in Pakistan failed to produce a deal.

Only nine years old when communism collapsed, Magyar said he had decorated his walls with photos of leading political figures in his Budapest family home

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime and terrible for Foreign Policy," Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social.

Mamdani pointed to a program to fill city street potholes -- over 100,000 since January 1 -- as evidence he is committed to making the lives of everyday New Yorkers better.

Republicans have highlighted allegations of birth tourism as a reason to limit access to U.S. citizenship

Orban's defeat, in a vote that saw a record turnout, dealt a heavy blow to nationalists, including US President Donald Trump who supported him

Artemis II astronauts expressed awe on Saturday over their record-setting lunar flyby mission, urging unity on Earth after witnessing the planet’s isolation like a “lifeboat” in space.

Hezbollah yesterday denied any link to a cell accused by Syrian authorities of planning an attack on a religious figure in Damascus, saying it conducts no activity in the country.

President Donald Trump said yesterday the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran mediated by Pakistan failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardising a fragile two-week ceasefire.

A stampede at an historical fortress in Haiti has killed at least 30 people, a government minister told AFP yesterday, with the crush reportedly involving several young visitors.

US President Donald Trump was not physically in Islamabad for the peace talks with Iran, but he was in constant touch with his team leading the negotiations, hoping to end the Middle East conflict.

Even if the vital Strait of Hormuz fully reopens and oil along with other essential cargo begins to sail out, it will not be enough to restore normalcy. Reopening the waterway itself is proving difficult.

Any Iranian firing at American vessels will be 'blown to hell', he says

One of Haiti's most popular tourist attractions, the fortress was packed with students and visitors

Iran's foreign ministry said no one had held any expectation that talks with the United States could have reached an agreement within one session after the negotiations in Islamabad stalled on Sunday.