Tensions are rising sharply in the Middle East after Iran seized a foreign oil tanker in the strategic Gulf of Oman, ...

Iran has long maintained that fuel smuggling threatens both regional stability and its domestic economy, framing ship seizures as legitimate enforcement actions. In recent years, Iranian authorities ...

In 2009, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hartford collided with the amphibious ship USS New Orleans in the Strait ...

Frontline, the owner of Front Eagle oil tanker which was involved in a collision with Adalynn, a tanker owned by India-based Global Shipping Holding, has confirmed the collision was a navigational ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official said, turning the ship into Iranian ...

Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, in what would serve as another act of retaliation, after the U.S. launched strikes on three key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. While there ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday confirmed seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations including carrying an illegal ...

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz have been broadcasting unusual messages concerning nationality in a bid to avoid being attacked as doubts linger over the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, according ...

While there have been no major disruptions to the global oil supply so far, the attacks on Iran — by Israel and then the United States — have rattled investors, sending oil futures soaring by around ...