Hormuz shipping slows to a trickle as Gulf tensions persist
A dozen commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on the weekend, down from 35 the prior weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, as tension in the Gulf persisted with the ...
Saudi-Houthi strikes widen war, threaten global oil routes
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading ...
Trump says Iran wants deal as Gulf talks delayed, Houthis strike Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wanted to reach a deal with Washington, signalling a possible diplomatic opening as fighting across the Middle East widened and ...
Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.
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Houthis close in on strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis edged closer on Thursday to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important routes for commodity vessels, four Yemeni government ...
Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks ...
Iran fires missiles at US-used base in Jordan as Gulf war escalates
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the U.S. said ...
Iran threatens to attack US bases if tankers hit
Iran has threatened to attack US military bases in the region if Iranian oil tankers are targeted.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi said any attack ...
Iran plans new Gulf restricted zone and Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor
Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as ...
J.D.Vance says US investigating deadly strike on Iran wedding
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that an analysis published by Reuters showed ...
Iran reports 18 dead after US strikes, including four at wedding
The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and ...
Trump proposes renaming the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait”
US Preisdent Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday to rename the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait”, following his precedence of ‘renaming’ Lake Ontario, located on the border with Canada, ...
Iran claims drone attack on UAE base as US strikes on Larak Island
Iran’s army said it attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with drones early on Monday, Iranian state television reported, as hostilities intensified following U.S. strikes ...
Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below ten-day average, data shows
Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier and below the ten-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday.
Among the seven ...
Commodity vessel transits through Strait of Hormuz hit three-month low
Just two tankers transited the key energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, for the lowest daily tally of commodity vessels since early May, with both entering the ...
US prepares sweeping new Iran sanctions, Bessent says
The U.S. will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, a focus on economic measures he suggested would lessen the need ...
Trump threatens to destroy countries that provide ‘lifeline’ to Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided “any type of lifeline to Iran” as the United States looks to resolve a war it ...
Shipping through Strait of Hormuz slows amid reopening uncertainty
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed, data showed on Wednesday, as most shipowners avoided the key waterway because of a lack of clear signalling on its reopening from a ...
Saudi Arabia resumes oil loadings, sales from inside Strait of Hormuz
Saudi Aramco resumed oil loading from inside the Strait of Hormuz last week and has more tankers waiting to load as the state energy giant offers spot heavy crude cargoes, ...
Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there ...
Hormuz to stay closed unless US meets Iran’s conditions, Iran official says
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US changes its behaviour and accepts Iran’s conditions for ending the war, Iran’s newly appointed secretary of the Supreme ...
Iran says Oman deal is in ‘final stages’ but US must act to open Hormuz
Iran said on Sunday that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the strait would only ...
US official: We expect a deal soon between Iran and Oman on Strait of Hormuz
Progress is being made between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz and “we expect a deal soon,” a US official told Reuters on Friday.
Once a deal is ...
Proposed Hormuz passage deal not feasible for shipping industry, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to U.S. ...