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Half a dozen ships have diverted course on the way to the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway connecting the energy-rich ...

President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain ...

Major global airlines extended flight cancellations to the Persian Gulf, disrupting air traffic to critical hubs such as Dubai after the US struck nuclear sites in Iran and Tehran vowed to retaliate.

Naval forces in the Middle East warned that ships, especially U.S.-linked ones, could be at heightened risk after the U.S.

The Middle East crisis continues to escalate and a decision to close the strait of Hormuz is a dangerous moment.

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, so any disruption would hit the energy markets hard.

Iranian officials have threatened to mine the waterway, which is a key shipping route for oil and gas. One way that Iran ...

Oil futures spiked Sunday evening following the U.S. attack on Iran, after which the Iranian government voted to block ...

Iranian lawmakers approved a decision to close the vital oil shipping route after the U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities ...

From the perspective of the global oil economy, there are few places as strategically important as the Strait of Hormuz.

As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to ...