If the chokepoint were shut, along with the Strait of Hormuz, a quarter of the world's energy supply would be blocked.

Here are facts and figures about the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a crucial passage into the Red Sea that Iran has threatened to target if US forces launch a ground assault on its territory. Known as the ...

Most investors had probably never heard about the Strait of Hormuz until earlier this month. However, they've quickly learned of its importance to oil markets and the global economy after Iran ...

Yemeni fishermen sail in the waters overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait on April 5, 2026. The fragile U.S.-Iran cease-fire is being tested by reports of Tehran’s continued chokehold on the ...

South Korea and Taiwan are rerouting crude oil shipments via Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port on the Red Sea due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz amid Iran conflict, but the new route faces risks from ...

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo) (Uncredited, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) DUBAI – Yemen's Houthi ...

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, is already considered a ...

Hours after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened to target the US and its partners' infrastructure, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Tuesday (local time) that if the ...

The Houthis have disrupted oil tanker traffic in the region before. Prolonged closers of two crucial chokepoints could send oil prices even higher and severely impact the global economy. Most ...