Kathmandu. Amidst rising tensions between Iran and the United States over the strategic 'Strait of Hormuz', an attack on a merchant ship in the said region on Sunday resulted in one death and three...
The 1,200-km (745-mile) pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula had helped Saudi Arabia to bypass a shipping logjam in the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline...
SEOUL, Sept 11: The foreign ministers of South Korea and Iran discussed the Strait of Hormuz in a phone call on Friday, Seoul said, days after confirming it was weighing a "contribution" to the wat...
Jerusalem, Aug. 28: Regional powers sought an off-ramp from the war with Iran as another tanker attack was reported in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian government dismissed the Trump administr...
Kathmandu. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his country and Oman will sign an agreement on designating a joint navigation route in the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat on Monday. Bahrain,...
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict effectively closed Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil used to flow. Yemen’s Iran-al...
TEHRAN, Sept 10: Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran. Tehran will discuss the strategically important Strait of Hormuz for global fuel supply with Gulf countries in Oman on Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said. Iran has repeatedly blocked...
Iran has throttled traffic through the strait, a vital global oil and gas supply route, since the war with the United States began with US and Israeli strikes on February 28. Iran threatened on Mo...
TEHRAN, Sept 7: Iran's foreign ministry on Monday warned South Korea against military deployment or involvement in US operations in the Strait of Hormuz, saying such a move would have "serious cons...
Kathmandu. South Korea's Foreign Minister said on Friday that no decision has yet been made on deploying military forces in the Strait of Hormuz with his Iranian counterpart. Tehran had warned agai...
Stalled diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of the Strait of Hormuz raises the risk of renewed fighting and further disruption to global energy supplies. Iran will shift to a “f...
WASHINGTON, Aug 19: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social platform showing the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory," pressing his threat to claim sovereignty ove...
America-Iran war is no longer limited to land and sky. Attacks on oil tankers and other commercial vessels in and around the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz in recent days have extended the w...
Tehran says no vessel can pass through the strategic waterway without its permission, challenging Trump’s claim that the US has “total control” of the strait. The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s...
HONG KONG, Aug 18: Oil prices extended gains and Asian stocks mostly fell on Tuesday as a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remained distant, a day after the deadline for a truce expired.
Kathmandu. Oman's navy has revealed that it rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi-flagged oil tanker on Monday. The ship was attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz a week ago. "An Omani national ...
The US accuses Iran of failing to honor an agreement under the deal to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Tehran says Washington has reneged on its commitments, including lifting a ...
DUBAI, Aug 18: US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it obstructed a deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, as a vessel transiting the strategic waterway reported being struck by ...
Kathmandu. Iran and Oman's talks on designating a temporary route for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz have reached the final stage, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghai sai...
Shipping attacks in the Gulf of Oman and Red Sea deepen fears of a prolonged conflict as Iran and the US harden their positions, with Tehran insisting the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until ...
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.
Tehran. Iran is preparing to declare a new 'exclusion zone' near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's new Supreme National Security Council Chief Mohsen Rezai said on Sunday that this plan is going to be a...
Iran and Oman make progress on a framework for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but Washington’s rejection of Iranian demands and Trump’s push for compensation threaten to prolong the standof...
HONG KONG, Aug 11: Oil prices extended hefty gains Tuesday as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, fanning fresh inflation fears and ramping up bets on at least one US interest rate ...
Tehran. Iran's parliament has passed a proposal to collect fees from ships transiting the strategically important waterway 'Strait of Hormuz'. The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission o...
New Delhi. Iranian diplomats have responded sarcastically after US President Donald Trump claimed the Strait of Hormuz as 'new American territory'. Iranian diplomats in India have highlighted Cali...
Washington DC. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled US control over the strategic waterway by releasing a map showing the 'Strait of Hormuz' as a 'new American territory'. Trump posted th...
Kathmandu. US President Donald Trump has warned Oman of bombing if it 'obstructs' the US deal with Iran over the Hormuz waterway on Monday. He has urged Iran to surrender. "If Oman obstructs, we w...
Kathmandu. Iran is preparing to finalize a joint statement with Oman regarding the management of commercial ship transit through the world's important waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. This initiativ...
Tehran. Iran has strongly reacted to US President Donald Trump's latest remarks about US control over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump had said that after defeating Iran, the US would declare Hormuz it...
America. United States of America President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran will be 'completely defeated' and has stated that he will soon declare the 'Strait of Hormuz' as part of American terr...
Washington DC. Nearly half a year has passed since the start of the US-Iran war, and oil reserves worldwide are rapidly depleting. Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is almost completely...
Washington DC. Amid the ongoing war in Iran, the United States and Iran have made conflicting claims over control of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The US President Donald Trump has ...
New York. Crude oil prices have increased in the international market. On Wednesday, crude oil prices rose as the possibility of successful negotiations regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hor...
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