One way it could pressure its enemies to relent would be to block or effectively close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. This narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf handles about a quarter ...

Just 20 miles wide at its narrowest, yet responsible for one-fifth of the world’s daily oil supply the Strait of Hormuz is the ultimate paradox of global energy security.” Iran’s recent parliamentary ...

Commercial ships still sailing through the Red Sea are broadcasting messages about their nationality and even religion on ...

This small strait is essential to global shipping. Now it's the center of headlines. The location of the Bab el Mandeb on one of the world’s key shipping routes makes it a global flashpoint.

ATHENS — Greece and Britain have advised their merchant shipping fleets to avoid sailing through the Gulf of Aden and to log all voyages through the Strait of Hormuz after Israel’s large-scale ...

Shipping organization Bimco has warned that commercial freight ships operating in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden are under increased threat due to the escalating Israel-Iran ...

Yemen's Houthi militants said on Monday they had attacked the Rubymar cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden which was at risk ... missile strikes since November in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Iran deploys new warship to gulfs of Aden, ... The Gulf of Oman is located east of the Persian Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.

Shipments in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea and Suez Canal with the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden, is a major sea route for oil shipments of close to ...

The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, strike group ships and support aircraft transit the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 26, 2023. (Information Technician Second Class Ruskin Naval/U.S. Navy) The ...

Commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel as tensions in the region heightened.