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Hormuz. - **Have any vessels made it out of the strait?** US Central Command (Centcom) said two US-flagged merchant vessels had “successfully transited” the strait, but Iran has denied this claim. Late on Monday
Hormuz was an exclusively Omani-Iranian waterway. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA Western diplomats say Iranian proposals for the future permanent management of the strait are unlawful since they impose tolls on commercial shipping and would give
Strait of [Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades
Strait of Hormuz. Trump has renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil because of spiralling costs worldwide. The more money Russia has, the longer and, in theory, harder, it can prosecute
Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the corresponding naval blockade on Iranian ports by the United States, its oil has become increasingly attractive to refiners seeking to avoid supply shocks. Asian
Strait of Hormuz. The move jeopardized potential U.S.-Iran peace talks and came after a senior Iranian official said that Trump's [ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed
Strait of Hormuz having been blocked for the past eight weeks, however, those supplies have not been available, prompting a scramble for fuel produced elsewhere. This has pushed up prices dramatically. In late February, before
strait of Hormuz, and [dismissed Nato as a “paper tiger”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/nato-mark-rutte-trump-iran-war). He has said he is [“absolutely” considering pulling the US out](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/trump-says-he-is-absolutely-considering-withdrawing-us-from-nato) of the alliance. And when European leaders were
Iran has affected the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at different levels. Oman has barely felt any shock as its ports and terminals continue operating as usual. Saudi Arabia and the United
blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed [security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/what-happens-security-vetting-peter-mandelson), David Lammy has said, as he attempted to shore up the prime minister
Strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian ports loom large over the region, even as mediator Pakistan tries to bring the two rivals back to the [negotiating table](/news/liveblog/2026/4/26/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-talks-under-siege-trump-cancels-envoys-trip). US President Donald Trump
Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it retaliated with its own fire on 18 U.S. sites in the region, naming military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. So far, there have been
Iran are an important part of the story of Spirit's current woes. But, as we report [in today's *Planet Money* newsletter](https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money), the story of Spirit and other budget airline troubles
block of hearings will run between 4 May and 15 May, after the commission is scheduled to hand down its interim report to the government at the end of April. The first hearings will also
Strait of Hormuz will re-open to who Taylor Swift will choose as her bridesmaids. Like many young men, Cameron is a fan, and mostly uses them to track the price of cryptocurrencies