Live Wire
07:54ZPRESSTVPalestinians’ suffering intensifies as Gaza’s living space shrinksAhmed Al-Najjar reports from Khan Yunis.07:52ZJAHANTASNIThe senior American senator's reaction to the memorandum: Reagan trembled in his grave! 🔹 "Bill Cassidy", th…07:52ZINDIANEXPRMaharashtra’s wait for monsoon grows longer; intermittent rain likely to continue in Delhi via The Indian Exp…07:52ZINDIANEXPREbola scare in Kerala: Woman who travelled from South Sudan hospitalised with symptoms via The Indian Express…07:52ZINDIANEXPRDhurandhar script came from PMO office? Rakesh Bedi says, ‘No one can think like this’ via The Indian Express…07:52ZINDIANEXPRBarnala to Mann: Long line of leaders censured by Akal Takht via The Indian Express https://ift.tt/To3uQlv07:52ZINDIANEXPR‘Pack smart, eat safe’: FSSAI shares ‘simple tips’ to keep lunch hygienic via The Indian Express https://ift.…07:52ZINDIANEXPRThe Trump-Iran MoU restores the status quo — with a few exceptions via The Indian Express https://ift.tt/PifX…
Markets
S&P 500740.96 1.25%Nasdaq26,022 1.34%Nasdaq 10029,671 0.99%Dow516.3 0.99%Nikkei94.45 0.35%China 5033.65 2.63%Europe89.23 0.87%DAX41.36 0.98%BTC$64,406 1.33%ETH$1,748 1.83%BNB$589.4 2.58%XRP$1.18 2.45%SOL$71.71 2.01%TRX$0.3207 0.73%HYPE$71.31 2.61%DOGE$0.085 2.07%RAIN$0.0146 3.34%LEO$9.68 0.08%QQQ$722.51 1.01%VOO$681.41 1.21%VTI$365.76 1.24%IWM$289.88 0.75%ARKK$78.49 0.75%HYG$79.73 0.37%Gold$388.6 2.27%Silver$60.61 4.39%WTI Crude$114.23 1.07%Brent$43.49 0.91%Nat Gas$11.57 1.62%Copper$38.64 2.30%EUR/USD1.1591 0.00%GBP/USD1.3406 0.00%USD/JPY160.31 0.00%USD/CNY6.7595 0.00%
CLOSEDNYSEopens in 5h 33m
The Monexus
Vol. I · No. 169
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Saturday Ed.
Updated 07:56 UTC
  • UTC07:56
  • EDT03:56
  • GMT08:56
  • CET09:56
  • JST16:56
  • HKT15:56
← The MonexusOpinion

The Strait of Hormuz is the story the world is trying not to look at

Overnight US strikes on Iran and a contested closure of the Strait of Hormuz have turned the world's most important oil chokepoint into a live crisis — with the White House insisting the US, not Tehran, controls the waterway.

Overnight US strikes on Iran and a contested closure of the Strait of Hormuz have turned the world's most important oil chokepoint into a live crisis — with the White House insisting the US, not Tehran, controls the waterway. @presstv · Telegram
  1. https://x.com/reuters/status/* — Reuters on X, "US launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran" — 11 June 2026, 02:25 UTC.
  2. https://t.me/TSN_ua/* — TSN Ukraine via Telegram, "Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz: the United States denies" — 11 June 2026, 02:14 UTC.
  3. https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, "The UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz, NOT Iran" — 10 June 2026, 20:43 UTC.
  4. https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, "Trump says executed a 'secret mission' in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting 100 million barrels of crude to cross through" — 10 June 2026, 18:19 UTC.
  5. https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/* — Unusual Whales on X, Trump remarks on continuing to bomb Iran "very hard" after a US helicopter was shot down over the Strait — 10 June 2026, 16:11 UTC.

Wire provenance

This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:

  • https://t.me/TSN_ua
© 2026 Monexus Media · reported from the wire