At any one time, there are several dozen tankers on their way to the Strait of Hormuz, or leaving it. About a fifth of the world's oil, nearly 21 million barrels a day, passed through the Strait ...

The Strait of Hormuz, through which all ships must pass ... The US has blamed Iran for attacks on six oil tankers in May and June. On Wednesday the chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs ...

Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...