The US struck military targets in Iran after the country fired on three Navy destroyers sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, an escalation that threatened to fracture a fragile ceasefire and reignite hostilities even as the two sides say they’re discussing an end to the war.
Commercial ships at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on May 4, in a photo released by Iranian state media. Photographer: Amirhosein Khorgooi/AP Photo
President Donald Trump said he would give the European Union until July 4 to ratify its trade agreement with the US, after previously threatening to hike tariffs on auto imports as soon as this week if it failed to do so.
Shipping containers at the Greenland Terminal in the port at Brevik, Norway.