There is considerable speculation that Iran might retaliate for the US's strikes on its nuclear facilities by closing the ...

The Coswisdom Lake, a very large crude carrier (VLCC), reached the strait on Sunday before making a U-turn and heading south, ...

Iranian lawmakers approved a decision to close the vital oil shipping route after the U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities ...

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, so any disruption would hit the energy markets hard.

Iranian officials have threatened to mine the waterway, which is a key shipping route for oil and gas. One way that Iran ...

An Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be dangerous and "not good for anybody", the European Union's top diplomat ...

From the perspective of the global oil economy, there are few places as strategically important as the Strait of Hormuz.

The Straits are the only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, and about 20% of the world’s oil transits the ...

The Iranian parliament backed a move to close a major oil and gas route, after American airstrikes in the country.

Goldman Sachs flagged risks to global energy supply amid concerns over a potential disruption in the Strait of Hormuz that ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised China, during an interview with FNC's Maria Bartiromo, to call the Iranians and beg ...