The UK has sent a mediator to Iran seeking the release of the seized UK-flagged oil tanker, Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani, the head of the Supreme Leader's office said. Iran had seized the oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week. Eighteen among the 23 crew members on board the seized tanker are Indian nationals.

Boris Johnson handily won the race to lead the Conservative-Party and will be PM within a day. The bombastic, Latin-quoting, Oxford classicist with the mop of intentionally mussed yellow hair, who made his name as an over-the-top journalist in Brussels and then as London mayor and galvanized the successful Brexit campaign in 2016, will walk through the black enameled door of 10 Downing S.

Boris Johnson, one of the most known British politicians abroad, was on Tuesday elected leader of the ruling Conservative party and will become the next prime minister on Wednesday, taking on the challenging Brexit in-tray that consumed his predecessor, Theresa May. Theresa May will formally step down before Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday after attending her last PM's Question Time in the House of Commons.