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Strait of Hormuz traffic collapses after two UAE oil tankers come under drone attack
UAE blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers as Strait of Hormuz traffic collapses and Washington threatens tougher economic pressure.
US launches heavy strikes on Iran as missile exchanges push Gulf war into new phase
Read why new US strikes on Iran are widening the war, pulling Kuwait and Jordan deeper into danger and weakening hopes for diplomacy.
Traders warn oil stockpiles close to empty as Hormuz re-closes in July 2026
Iran's re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz on 12-13 July returns crude markets to the supply gap as IEA emergency stockpile buffers approach empty.
US strikes Iran after GFS Galaxy attack as Tehran declares Strait of Hormuz closed
The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran late on July 11, 2026, after Iranian forces hit a Cyprus-flagged container ship and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, turning a maritime enforcement dispute into the most dangerous military escalation since the ceasefire collapsed.
Trump keeps Iran talks open but declares ceasefire over after new Gulf strikes
The United States and Iran are still talking, but Donald Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire is over has pushed the war back into a dangerous mix of strikes, Gulf retaliation and unresolved Hormuz control.
IMO rejects Iran Hormuz control as tanker traffic slows after US-Iran clashes
The International Maritime Organization’s council has urged countries not to recognise Iran’s attempt to control Strait of Hormuz traffic, turning the Iran war’s most important shipping dispute into a global maritime-law test.
US strikes Iran after Hormuz tanker attacks as fragile ceasefire faces collapse
United States Central Command said it hit Iranian air defences, command networks, coastal radar and more than 60 Revolutionary Guard boats after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ali Khamenei funeral draws huge Tehran crowds as successor Mojtaba remains unseen
Iran has begun Ali Khamenei’s state funeral, but successor Mojtaba remains unseen as Tehran confronts succession, reconstruction and US talks.
US strikes Iran after Ever Lovely attack as ceasefire faces its sharpest test
US forces struck Iranian missile, drone and radar sites after the Ever Lovely attack, putting the fragile Hormuz ceasefire under severe pressure.
Ever Lovely attack explained: Why the United Nations halted Hormuz ship evacuations
A ship attack near Oman halted the United Nations Hormuz evacuation plan, exposing a dangerous dispute over Iran’s control of global energy routes.