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responsible? At least three vessels have been targeted in [hijackings](/news/2026/4/27/suspected-pirates-steer-cargo-vessel-towards-somalia) this week off the coast of Somalia in what analysts fear is a replay of past piracy around the Horn of Africa. The area
response by the time of publication. Still, the organisation’s own Israel programme outlines positions that closely mirror the Israeli government’s regional worldview. “Israel is America’s most valuable, reliable, and vulnerable ally
Hormuz. The UAE has been able to sell some of its oil via the Fujairah terminal, which sits on the Gulf of Oman, allowing it to circumvent the waterway. Last year, it exported 1.7 million
Strait of Hormuz, [a crucial shipping route](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno), and that is causing more pain to a sluggish Chinese economy that is heavily relying on exports. "Costs have gone up around 20%," says
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful
Hormuz soon after the war started, except for ships belonging to countries that negotiated separate deals. On Monday the US began a naval blockade of all Iran-linked ships trying to pass through the strait
Strait of Hormuz as part of Washington's blockade on Iranian vessels in the vital waterway, and just two days before the ceasefire is set to expire. [A video](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2046085543348293851?s=20) released
Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/5/6/french-container-ship-struck-in-latest-escalation-at-strait-of-hormuz), and a surge in transport and insurance costs for shipments to Yemen. In the same post, the YPC sought to ease public concern, saying the increase would be temporary and that
response. Asked about a [Times splash](https://x.com/jacksurfleet/status/2044526303915692346) saying the government is making plans to deal with possible food shortages in the summer, caused by the Iran war, he told Sky News: > double quotation
Hormuz, with no signs the two sides were close to resuming negotiations. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/g-s1-118339/iran-internet-access-turkey) ### [Middle East
Strait of Hormuz Wednesday morning**, hours after President Trump announced that he is extending the ceasefire with Iran. The attacks put the possibility of [peace talks in jeopardy](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates). Trump extended the ceasefire
strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. 2. ***Environment*** | Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production
response, NHS England has increased purchases of drugs and devices to build up buffers. While there are no shortages at present because of its clout to source supplies as a huge single customer, this could
Hormuz and Iran's closing of the crucial waterway. Oil prices have surged by about 40% since the war began, according to NPR's Aya Batrawy. Ellen Wald, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council
Hormuz. The pause, which came just one day after its launch, would be for “a short period” to give space for US efforts to finalize a settlement with Iran to end the war, Trump said
US-Israeli war with Iran. It's the same with roughly 20% of global fuel. [![A farmer sprinkles fertiliser over crops at a rice field on the outskirts of Amritsar on July