Iran threatens 'long and painful strikes' on U.S. targets if Trump resumes bombing

U.S. President Donald Trump was reportedly to be briefed Thursday on plans for new military strikesIran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks, and reasserted its control over the Strait of Hormuz, complicating U.S. plans for a coalition to reopen the waterway. Two months into the war that started with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, the vital sea channel of Hormuz remains closed, choking off 20 per cent of the world's supplies of oil and gas, an estimated one-third of world fertilizer supply and other resources that normally transit the...