Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution intended to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The vote, 11-2, followed US presidential threats concerning the waterway's reopening.

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain. The vote – 11-2, with two abstentions from Pakistan and Colombia – took place just hours after US President Donald Trump issued an unprecedented threat that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not open the strategic waterway and make a deal before his 8pm deadline. One-fifth of the world’s...