Donald Trump has warned that Nato faces a “very bad” future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz, sending a blunt message to European nations to join his war effort in Iran.

The president made the threat about NATO’s future after appealing to allies to help open the Strait of Hormuz to ease the energy crisis.

Meanwhile in Japan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi insists that China, not the United States, is the most disruptive threat that countries face. Takaichi’s landslide victory in a snap election in ...

The Israeli military said that it was escalating attacks against Iran-backed Hezbollah. China and other nations reacted tepidly to President Trump’s call for warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran. Even Barack Obama’s much-maligned Libyan intervention began with 60% of Americans ...