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strait of Hormuz to ships using other Gulf ports. The blockade has created further uncertainty for shippers, oil companies and war risk insurers. On Wednesday morning, US central command (Centcom) said US forces had “achieved
US energy and inflation costs have increased significantly since the conflict began on February 28, resulting in the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, where around a fifth of the world
US President Donald Trump [branding](/economy/2026/5/11/iran-war-day-73-trump-and-tehran-clash-over-latest-peace-proposals) Iran’s terms as “totally unacceptable”. At a press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei insisted that Iran’s proposal to end the conflict and unblock
US allies and partners in Asia to weather a short-term disruption to commercial traffic through the strait of Hormuz … a longer-term disruption becomes more problematic”. The big question hanging over the Trump
Hormuz on Monday. Following the latest round of US strikes, Iran announced the full closure of the strait, the arterial waterway that has emerged as Tehran’s key point of leverage in the conflict
conflict began on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites, nuclear facilities and infrastructure. Since then, Iran closed the [Strait of Hormuz
US-Israel war on Iran](/news/liveblog/2026/5/18/iran-war-live-trump-warns-clock-ticking-saudi-uae-report-drone-attacks) — a conflict that has shaken global energy markets by largely closing the Strait of Hormuz
US military $25bn so far. “Prospects for any near-term resolution to the Iran conflict or a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear programme, Trump's off-ramp from the conflict is unclear. As Obama said in 2014 of the US
US dollar rose and stock futures fell on Monday as investors dealt with conflicting messages about the Iran war and news that the strait of Hormuz
US–Israel war on Iran, the conflict has killed thousands of people and disrupted major energy flows. At the centre of the crisis is the Strait of Hormuz
US-Israel war with Iran as the key Strait of Hormuz - which usually carries about 20% of the global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas - has been effectively closed for weeks
strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane that carried a fifth of global oil and gas, has sent oil prices soaring since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran began in February. Darren Jones
Iran could attack the United Arab Emirates again if Israel keeps on bombing Lebanon. “There are two conflicts right now. The first is in the Strait of Hormuz, and the second is in Lebanon
conflict. A third of the world's key fertiliser chemicals pass through the Strait, and prices have risen steeply since the outbreak of war. Iran's decision to re-open the Strait of Hormuz followed
conflict. Here is what we know: ## In Iran - Iran’s top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, accused the US of violating
US was looking at “a Hormuz operation, not regime confrontation”. ## The road ahead Trump is expected to discuss the Iran crisis with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing this week as Washington
conflict? ### Ballistic missiles Before the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran had always insisted negotiations be exclusively focused on Iran’s nuclear programme. US demands, however, have extended beyond the nuclear file. Before
Iran, however, the US-Israeli strikes led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and sustained Iranian attacks across the Gulf for nearly six weeks. The conflict
US-Iran war and reopen the strait of Hormuz**, despite Tehran not saying if it would attend. - **Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the conflict