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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base on May 21, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday (May 21, 2026) that the U.S. was in talks with India to expand energy cooperation, an issue that would feature…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iran’s top security body announced on Monday (May 18, 2026) the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed and wants to charge ships to traverse. On its official X account, the Supreme National Security Council…
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Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish speaks during an event titled “Ancient Trade Routes: The Journey of INSV Kaundinya”, co-organized by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and the Oman Mission to the UN at the UN Headquarters, in New York on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Targeting…
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Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian state television said on Saturday (May 16, 2026) that European countries were in talks with Tehran over transit for ships through the Strait of Hormuz. “Following the passage of ships from East Asian countries, notably China, Japan and Pakistan,…
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route that will be unveiled soon, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee Ebrahim Azizi said on Saturday (May 16, 2026). Iran-Israel war updates on…
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An Indian-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman. File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said that an Indian-flagged commercial vessel had come under attack off the coast of Oman, but all its crew members are safe….
An Indian-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman. File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said that an Indian-flagged commercial vessel had come under attack off the coast of Oman, but all its crew members are safe….
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. File | Photo Credit: AP Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked since the start of the West Asia war, as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatar’s top diplomat and premier said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026). Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani…
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after their wooden dhow caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz, government sources said on Saturday (May 10, 2026). 17 other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident…
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A U.S. fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers to enforce a port blockade on Friday, prompting retaliatory attacks and rattling a shaky truce as Tehran weighed Washington’s latest proposal to end the West Asia war. Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire with the tanker strikes and hampering diplomatic efforts to end…
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