The UN paused efforts to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran objected to the plan and a cargo ship was reportedly struck near Oman. Why it matters: The pause and the apparent attack highlight how quickly the flow of people and goods through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes can be disrupted, even after the U.S.-Iran truce. - The UN's International Maritime Organization announced the evacuation plan on Tuesday. Driving the news: IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement he had been informed of an "attack" Thursday in the Gulf of Oman on a vessel as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz. - "This vessel did not transit under IMO's evacuation framework," he said. "I have…
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