A cargo ship reported a suspected attack as it attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz near the coast of Oman Thursday, according to the British navy agency UKMTO. NewsNation's Robert Sherman reports the latest from Doha, Qatar. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
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…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian territorial waters, the British military said Thursday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it received reports that the vessel was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 [...]
President Donald Trump said he ordered U.S. forces to guide ships and crews from countries that are not involved with the Iran war out of Strait of Hormuz.
At a military base outside Portsmouth, England, a 24-hour service monitors the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and part of the Indian Ocean, responding to distress calls.
State of the Union: Despite the ceasefire, Israel said it carried out airstrikes and artillery fire in Lebanon. The post Ceasefire Day 11: Strait of Hormuz Closed, Passage Subject to Coordination with Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
A two-week ceasefire in the Iran War entered its 11th day on Saturday, as Iran reasserted the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, after temporarily declaring the waterway “open.” After the announcement of a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would be “fully open for the passage of commercial ships for the remaining duration of the ceasefire period.” President Donald Trump thanked Iran, posting that “IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE,” notably referring to the Strait of Hormuz as the “Strait of Iran.” In a follow-up post , Trump said that the U.S. blockade of the waterway would continue. On…Open
Iran said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz is again closed to traffic following threats of such action if the U.S. continued its blockade of the shipping channel. Why it matters: The closure could be a setback to efforts toward a new round of negotiations on a deal to end the war and will add pressure to an already tense situation between Iran and the U.S. The latest: Fars, Iran's semi-official state news agency, first reported the closure, citing the ongoing blockade and quoting an Iranian official as saying that the U.S. "continue to engage in banditry and maritime piracy." - "As long as the United States does not agree to the complete freedom of navigation for vessels .... the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will remain…
