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U.S. President Donald Trump, who is in Ankara to attend a NATO summit, said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) that the ceasefire with Iran was “over”. His remarks came after tit-for-tat overnight strikes by the U.S. and Iran that threatened the already fragile ceasefire. The U.S. launched dozens of strikes on Iran in retaliation for…
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though Iran is suspected of attacking at least two other vessels in the strait travelling on a route near Oman in recent days. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A tanker travelling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday (July…
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Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on July 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s ambassador to China insisted on Saturday (July 4, 2026) that new fees would be charged to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz — an idea rejected by Washington — while assuring that “friendly” nations would…
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Gulf oil exports in June jumped more than 3 million barrels from May to exceed 10 million barrels per day as the U.S. military helped to keep oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Gulf oil exports in June jumped more than 3 million barrels from May to exceed 10…
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Mojtaba Khamenei to skip his father, Ali Khamenei’s, funeral over security concerns: Report Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojataba Khamenei will not attend the funeral ceremonies for his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, due to security concerns, according to the current leader’s representative in India, Ayatollah Hakim Elahi. Elahi attributed the decision to Israeli threats and…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s joint military command warned on Thursday (July 2, 2026) that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” ratcheting up tensions again over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies. The strait,…
Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Unions and shipping companies said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that they would continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warlike operations area, after two ships were attacked despite a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.. West Asia war LIVE…
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Forty days of war, more than sixty days of tense negotiations, and then a memorandum of understanding. Yet, the U.S. still has no easy solution to a problem that did not exist before it joined Israel in launching its war against Iran on February 28, 2026: who will manage the Strait of Hormuz? The strait,…
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U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), despite Tehran denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the West…
Tehran on June 26, 2026 reasserted its right to control shipping in the critical waterway and warned its Gulf neighbours against siding with Washington. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations is working with countries to resume the evacuation of hundreds of ships and thousands of stranded seafarers from the Strait of Hormuz after…
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