Globalytic
GlobalyticPoliticsConflictsTechScienceHealthBusinessWorld

Globalytic

Independent world coverage — geopolitics, conflicts, science, and health — with AI-assisted editing and verification.

Sections

  • World
  • Politics
  • Conflicts
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Health
  • Business
  • World
  • All news
  • Search

Resources

  • About
  • RSS Feed
  • Search

Summaries and analysis may be AI-assisted. Content is for informational purposes only.

Not professional advice.

© 2026 Globalytic. All rights reserved.

  1. Home
  2. /Search

Search

AllWorld news

88 resultsfor “why is Iran blocking Strait of Hormuz”

Health

How Iran war has triggered soaring cost of medicines, condoms

Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 23
Politics

Iran’s foreign minister leaves Pakistan, heads to Russia for more talks

Iran has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off vast quantities of oil, natural

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 26
Politics

US captures Iranian ship Touska amid mediation efforts: All we know

Strait of Hormuz, in response to Iran blocking the passage of most vessels through the narrow

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 20
Politics

How long can Iran survive the US’s Hormuz blockade?

Iran has also blocked the Strait of Hormuz and reportedly placed mines in the strait

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 24
Conflicts

Iran calls US ship seizure ‘piracy’: Is it?

Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s block on most vessels coming through the narrow

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 22
Politics

Trump’s Iran war victory boast has echoes of Bush’s ill-fated ‘mission accomplished’ claim

block-capital letters. Above all else, the strait of Hormuz, the economically vital choke point that [Iran

The Guardian WorldApr 17
Politics

World reacts to Strait of Hormuz reopening amid US-Iran conflict

Strait of Hormuz once the US-Israeli war on Iran stops. The blocking of tankers

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 17
Conflicts

Tracking the shadow fleet: How Iran evaded the US naval blockade in Hormuz

Iran threatened to block “enemy” ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz – a crucial chokepoint

Al Jazeera EnglishYesterday
Politics

US sending envoys to Pakistan, raising hopes of talks with Iran’s Araghchi

Iran says it will not stop blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial maritime trade

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 24
Conflicts

Why is piracy rising off Somalia again — and is the Iran war responsible?

Strait of Hormuz, which Iran and the United States have blocked. The surge in petrol

Al Jazeera English7h ago
Business

US gas reaches $4.30 per gallon; Trump says prices will drop after Iran war

Strait of Hormuz. According to AAA, prices for gas or petrol went up by 27 cents over the past week amid the deepening impasse, with Iran blocking

Al Jazeera English16h ago
Politics

Trump approval dips to record low amid Iran war, inflation woes: Poll

Iran war, which saw Tehran block most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, has sent

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 28
Conflicts

Mediators push to extend U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Iran's military warned it will retaliate by blocking other important shipping routes if the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

NPR Topics: NewsApr 16
Business

Oil prices rise again with little sign of war on Iran ending

Iran war](/news/liveblog/2026/5/1/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-ports-siege-intolerable-trump-mulls-action) remain at an impasse, with Tehran continuing to block the Strait of Hormuz

Al Jazeera English3h ago
World

Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid

strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid The volatility of global oil prices caused by the US and Israel’s war on [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) is taking a toll on the most

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Conflicts

First Thing: US military seizes Iran-flagged ship trying to pass strait of Hormuz blockade

strait of Hormuz. It is the first such interception since the US began blocking Iranian ports last week. Iran

The Guardian WorldApr 20
Politics

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

Strait of Hormuz remains another major obstacle. The waterway, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes during peacetime, has effectively been blocked by Iran

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 16
Business

As oil prices plunge below $91 after weeks, a new Hormuz crisis emerges

Iran rowed back on its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it would continue to block

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 18
Politics

Iran says Strait of Hormuz is 'open' but tracking shows few ships moving

Iran's foreign minister has said the Strait of Hormuz has reopened for commercial vessels, but added that ships should use designated safe lanes. Tehran has effectively blocked

BBC NewsApr 17
Conflicts

Suspected pirates steer cargo vessel towards Somalia

Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israeli war on Iran, which began on February 28, has blocked

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 27
← PreviousPage 1 of 5Next →