Trump threatens to bomb ally Oman as US-Iran war agreement expires

The US president has threatened to bomb Oman, a US ally, if it gets in the way of his administration's talks with Iran. According to GBC Ghana, President Donald Trump made the threat while using an expletive during a phone interview with Fox News.

The US and Oman have been negotiating separately with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that has been largely closed for nearly six months during the US-Iran war. About a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas usually passes through the Strait.

The future of talks between the US and Iran is unclear as a 60-day Memorandum of Understanding between the two sides is expiring. The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald report that the US president cast doubt on whether it was possible to strike an acceptable deal with the regime in Tehran after the MoU ended.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, GBC Ghana — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.