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Iranian drone hits Kuwait’s main airport after US strikes Qeshm Island

Strait of Hormuz largely closed to maritime traffic. A ceasefire has supposedly been in place between the US and Iran since April 8, but subsequent talks to try to agree on a permanent

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traffic in the Strait of Hormuz — a vital energy shipping corridor. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836525/affordability-report-brookings-inflation-wages) ### [Business](https://www.npr.org

With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet

close the Strait to traffic by firing drones and missiles at ships and laying mines along the shipping lanes, according to U.S. officials. The U.S. has already started removing some of those mines and opened

Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices

shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz — a critical pathway for much of the world's oil supply. [![A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11 in Austin

Iran war day 73: Trump and Tehran clash over latest peace proposals

ship coming from Abu Dhabi. Kuwait said its air defences had dealt with hostile drones that entered its airspace. Here is what we know about what’s been happening in the past 24 hours

Shipping bosses nervous over Trump plan to guide vessels from strait of Hormuz

traffic, ship operators were told to coordinate with Omani authorities by radio. Ships were advised to avoid navigating in or close to the usual shipping lanes which “should be considered extremely hazardous due the presence

Cloud over US-Iran talks: What are the key sticking points?

closed the strait by forbidding transits, attacking ships and reportedly laying sea mines. Shipping traffic has since dropped by 95 percent. A week ago, the US implemented a blockade of its own. Its Navy

Why and how is US blockading Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz?

traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports. US forces say they will intercept or turn back vessels travelling to or from Iran's coast. Washington says ships coming or going from elsewhere will be allowed

Oil prices rise as Lebanon fighting erupts and Hormuz traffic still slow

closed for the day. Three Saudi Arabia-flagged oil supertankers carrying about 6 million barrels of crude exited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, broadcasting their locations after spending weeks in the Gulf with their

The UAE is attacked as U.S. says it helped 2 ships through the Strait of Hormuz

traffic. Its statement on X said that U.S. destroyers had also transited the strait. It did not say when the Navy ships arrived or when the merchant vessels departed. Trump's announcement Sunday that

U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires this week with no deal in sight

closed the Strait of Hormuz again, as ceasefire nears its end](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789780/iran-middle-east-updates) More than 20,000 seafarers have been stuck on hundreds of ships in the Gulf since the war began in late

As Iran crisis drags on, fears of global food crisis grow

Hormuz remains closed, the higher prices of urea, ammonia, sulfur and phosphates are likely to rise, spelling higher costs for farmers. The FAO has estimated that fertiliser prices could be an average 20 percent higher

Are Iran, US really close to a breakthrough ‘deal’?

closed following new US strikes. Iran views the Strait of Hormuz as its most important point of leverage in negotiations with the US and it will not give up control of the strait

What has Trump said before possible US-Iran talks and what could it mean?

Hormuz Strait if such a blockade were to remain in effect. Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is closely aligned with the IRGC, reported that Tehran considers the continuation of the US blockade a violation

Will the US-Iran deal be signed on Sunday? What we know so far

closed after new US strikes. Iran views the Strait of Hormuz as its most important point of leverage in negotiations with the US, and it will not give up control of the strait

Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes for first time since April ceasefire

close both waterways “The choice is yours; stop the folly or enter into a regulated balance of the two straits”. The joint closure of the strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab has the capacity

Jet fuel shortage: Why Iran war could ground flights in Europe

closed down airspaces and plunged the aviation industry into chaos, airlines traversing the Middle East are slowly returning to normal traffic after being forced to cancel and reroute hundreds of flights

What’s in Iran’s latest proposal – and how has the US responded?

ships, [restricting Tehran’s ability to export oil](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape) and cutting off a crucial source of its revenue. ![epa12918541 Iranians walk past a huge billboard carrying a sentence reading in Persian 'The Strait of Hormuz

Russian superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade

Hormuz, despite the ongoing blockade of the critical shipping channel. The 142m-long (465 feet) Nord luxury boat, linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, travelled from Dubai to Muscat, Oman over the weekend

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date

traffic. Before the war, more than a 100 commercial ships sailed through the strait daily, going to and from Iran, as well as Arab countries, carrying oil, natural gas and other key components