A focal point of the Iran war is increasingly about who controls the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that for decades was a relatively safe transit route for Middle East oil and natural gas supplies
July 14, 2026
President Donald Trump said Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the Strait of Hormuz and America would charge a 20% toll on other countries’ eligible cargo, escalating tensions after weekend of attacks by both nations to assert control of the critical waterway
July 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. would take out Pickaxe Mountain in Iran, as he warned that Washington would continue to hit the country hard.
July 14, 2026
The U.S. has announced a new round of strikes on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump said the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and, in a seeming policy reversal, will charge other ships for safe passage
July 13, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in
July 13, 2026
Trump offers US protection in the Strait of Hormuz for a 20% fee. How would that work?
July 14, 2026
Oil prices settled up more than 9% on Monday at a one-month high after news that a United States' naval blockade due to begin on Tuesday will cover
July 13, 2026
The U.N.'s shipping agency said on Monday that it opposes fees on ships passing through maritime waterways but would await more details after U.S.
July 13, 2026
The U.S. military will begin enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said on Monday.
July 14, 2026
Renewed U.S.-Iranian hostilities are eroding an interim agreement signed in June, reflecting disagreements over the Strait of Hormuz and other issues and underlining difficulties
July 13, 2026
The number of tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell in the past day to the lowest level in two months, shipping data
July 13, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was reinstating a naval blockade on Iran and would be reimbursed 20% on all cargo shipped through the
July 13, 2026
European shares were subdued on Monday as investors largely stuck to the sidelines after renewed tensions in the Middle East, while counting
July 13, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
July 13, 2026
U.S. and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting U.S.
July 12, 2026
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July 12, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Omani counterpart on Saturday discussed arrangements for the safe passage of
July 11, 2026
The United States is demanding that Iran publicly state it will stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that all lanes in the strait will be
July 11, 2026
The U.S. issued new Iran-related sanctions on Friday targeting a key financier for Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and 13 other
July 11, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to continue talks despite a recent escalation
July 10, 2026
Stocks climbed and oil prices slipped somewhat as investors retained AI-related enthusiasm and shrugged off the ongoing dispute between the U.S. and
July 10, 2026
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July 10, 2026
Quills and conflict: How protection in the Strait of Hormuz is bought and sold
July 10, 2026
Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March have filed a lawsuit against the vessel’s operator
July 10, 2026
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FACT FOCUS: A look at US and Iranian claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz
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