Friday, July 17, 2026

ANALYSIS – After Hormuz, Iran Turns to Red Sea Gateway as New Pressure Point

By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, July 14 (Reuters) - Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using Yemen's Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway...

India Protests to Iran Over Killing of Seafarer in Strait of Hormuz

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Reuters) - The Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it had lodged a strong protest with Iran after summoning its deputy ambassador over the killing of an Indian seafarer in the Strait of...

Americans Expect Prolonged US-Iran War as Ceasefire Falters, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds

By Ryan Patrick Jones July 13 (Reuters) - Four in five Americans expect the U.S. war with Iran to drag on for an extended period, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as fighting escalated and President Donald Trump declared a blockade...

UAE Says Iranian Missiles Struck Oil Tankers in Strait of Hormuz, One Sailor Killed

By Enas Alashray DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab...

Tanker Hit by Missile Southeast of Limah, Oman, UKMTO Says

DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - A tanker was hit by a missile 13 nautical miles southeast of Oman's Limah, while transiting outbound of the Strait of Hormuz on the southern route, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade...

Germany, France, and UK Condemn Iran’s Attacks in Strait of Hormuz and Across Region

July 13 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain condemned on Monday Iran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in the region. "We condemn Iran' heinous attacks on merchant shipping...

Hormuz Traffic Slows to Multi-Week Low as Renewed US-Iran Strikes Raise Security Risks

SINGAPORE, July 13 (Reuters) - The number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to multi-week lows on Sunday, shipping data showed, as renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran and attacks on ships in the Middle East heightened...

US Strikes Iran as Tehran Says Strait of Hormuz Closed Amid Regional Escalation

By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi, Phil Stewart and Yomna Ehab WASHINGTON/DUBAI, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone strikes with Tehran targeting U.S. facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday...

Iran’s IRGC Says It Struck U.S. Aircraft Carrier Support and Refueling Platforms at Oman’s...

July 12 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that its aerospace forces carried out a heavy attack on U.S. aircraft carrier support and refueling platforms in the port of Duqm, in Oman,...

Trump Says US Agreed to Iran’s Request to Continue Talks, but Ceasefire Is Over

By Ahmed Elimam, Eman Abouhassira and Andrew Mills DUBAI, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the June ceasefire was "over". His...