Donald Trump has borrowed from Tehran’s playbook and said the US now controls the waterway and will charge fees to ships for safe passage.

The United States has declared that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to all vessels engaged in lawful passage, insisting that Iran has no authority over the strategic…

The United States and Iran both claim control over the Strait of Hormuz. Escalating attacks across the Middle East threaten ongoing diplomacy to end the war. US forces struck…