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A map showing the Strait of Hormuz. U.S.-Israeli strikes on Sunday (March 29, 2026) hit a quay at an Iranian port city near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S.-Israeli strikes on Sunday (March 29, 2026) hit a quay at an Iranian port city near the…
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Earlier this month, a Thai bulk carrier travelling in the waterway was attacked and three of its crew members were missing. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand has reached an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the Southeast Asian nation’s Prime Minister said on Saturday (March 28,…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said ‘Cuba is next’ after ‘knocking the hell out of Iran’ | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would love his legacy to be made as a great peacemaker as he claims to have stopped eight wars, including the one between India and Pakistan last year. Addressing…
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A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Parliament is working on a bill to formalise the fees it is reportedly charging on some ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported. The Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both close…
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“Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, and replacing it with subservience and rising costs,” UN climate change arm executive secretary Simon Stiell told European Union officials and Ministers in Brussels on March 16, 2026, against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israel-Iran war. He added that the disruption serves as an “abject lesson” on the pitfalls…
At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. He has jumped from calls to secure the waterway through diplomatic means to lifting sanctions and now escalating to a direct threat against civilian infrastructure…
File photo of Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Sunday (March 22, 2026). “If there…
A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s military renewed threats on Sunday (March 22, 2026) against the region’s infrastructure after…
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The Israeli military said early on Saturday it was striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut, after issuing an evacuation warning for seven neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Israel has been stepping up airstrikes against Lebanon in the third week of its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah….
A cargo ship transits the Panama Canal in Panama City, on March 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Panama Canal is operating at top capacity, with a daily passage of between 36 and 38 vessels, the waterway’s chief Ricaurte Vasquez told reporters on Friday (March 20, 2026), adding that the war on Iran was…
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