The claim in Iranian state media came after Donald Trump said the US military would help free commercial ships that are stranded around the key waterway.

Earlier, the US president said the navy would ‘guide’ stranded ships out of the waterway

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that the Western NATO military alliance is in jeopardy of “disintegration” in the wake of the announced U.S. troop drawdown in Germany.

After being ‘kidnapped’ near Greece, activists Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila were held in solitary confinement, forced to lie face down on the floor for days and beaten unconscious, lawyers and diplomats have said. Charlotte England reports.