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Strait of Hormuz are sending oil prices to new highs. The [US-Israel war on Iran](/news/liveblog/2026/5/11/iran-war-live-trump-slams-tehrans-reply-israel-kills-2-medics-in-lebanon) entered its 73rd day on Monday. Late on Sunday, US President Donald Trump flatly rejected Iran’s latest
strait of Hormuz two violating ships,” the Guards said in a statement. “The two offending ships … were seized by the IRGC’s naval forces and directed to the Iranian coast.” A UK-based maritime security
control,” he added.  (Al Jazeera) ## So, what does this mean for the ceasefire? US President Donald Trump insists the ceasefire with Iran is still
military also said it seized an Iranian vessel and ordered dozens of others to turn around. Meanwhile, Iran [has also captured](/news/2026/4/23/how-iran-raised-hormuz-stakes-by-capturing-ships) foreign commercial vessels around the Hormuz Strait, which it said were in violation
Hormuz** and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iranian ports. A UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ships
controls Iran’s ability to import goods it desperately needs. Analysts say, in some ways, that economic chokehold could exert even more pressure on Iran than the American military might. “[Iran’s] storage reservoirs would
control over the strait of Hormuz,” adding that Iran’s leadership was so hobbled by infighting that it was unclear who was in charge. But the US president’s claim seemed questionable in the face
Control (CDC). - Schwartz was under immediate pressure from critics of the health secretary, **Robert F Kennedy Jr**, to oppose his anti-vaccine ideology. At a heated oversight hearing, House Democrats grilled Kennedy over his vaccine
military operation against Iran has concluded. Monday saw a new spike in violence, with Iranian missiles and drones striking United Arab Emirates for the first time for weeks, and reported clashes in the strait
Strait of Hormuz, key questions remain unanswered about how such a large-scale operation can be sustained — and history suggests naval blockades are difficult to enforce and their results are often unpredictable at best
control over a waterway that was open to international traffic before the war. Iran's senior vice president, Mohammadreza Aref, said Thursday that the strait belongs to Iran and that Tehran would not give
controls the Strait of Hormuz, gas prices in the US have hit a new high at $4.23 a gallon – the highest since 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The Brent crude benchmark has been trading above
Strait of Hormuz, which has been in effect closed for weeks since the launch of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, and which has been the site of multiple attacks and seizures of ships during that
control over the **strait of Hormuz** amid dual maritime blockades, taking the region back to the brink of full-scale war. The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after **Donald Trump** launched
controls northern Yemen, has warned of joining the war if needed.  Houthi supporters demonstrate in solidarity with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] ## In the Gulf - **Fragile recovery
control over the Strait of Hormuz gave it the kind of deterrence that its nuclear programme, its ballistic missiles, its regional proxies, had never actually given it,” he said. “So, I don’t think that
military officials who were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, on April 24.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4020x4020+1005+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2F7b%2F0531aaff4fdf992d5a0ef1f1b3fc%2Fap26114485261857.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5802283/iran-middle-east-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Deadlock over Iran's nuclear
control the strait and that ships not affiliated with the United States or Israel can pass if they pay a toll, challenging the freedom of navigation guaranteed by international law. Iran denied an attack
control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies pass, days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28. Despite Trump
Iran, the US and Israel which was due to expire on Wednesday does at least persist. Instead of fighting, we have a "war of blockades" over the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides using force