Conflict between Israel and Iran has rekindled fears of a disruption to a narrow waterway key to the global economy.

Israel launched strikes against Iran on June 13, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders during the start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran ...

As military hostilities keep worsening between Iran and Israel, Tehran is threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz. The strategic waterway is the ‘world’s most important oil transit chokepoint’ — rou ...

The Strait of Hormuz is both a vital passage point and a permanent point of tension. As long as the world depends on Oil from ...

Iran last threatened to close the Strait in April 2024, as it has done on several previous occasions. Shipping was targeted ...

Hostilities between Iran and Israel have raised fears that shipping and crude flows through the narrow waterway may now slow ...

While Tehran has frequently threatened to block the waterway in response to military pressure or sanctions, the prospect ...

In the early hours of June 13, Israel unleashed a series of pre-emptive strikes on Iran’s nuclear development, its missile ...

Iran warns of closing the Strait of Hormuz as clashes with Israel escalate, risking global oil trade and regional stability.

“Closing the Strait of Hormuz or attacking energy infrastructure in the region will spike energy prices, turn all their ...

Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz on several occasions over the years, including in January 2012 in ...

LONDON: Electronic interference with commercial ship navigation systems has surged in recent days around the Strait of Hormuz ...