The so-called String of Pearls strategy, a metaphor coined in Western policy circles in the early 2000s, is far more than a ...

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In a blow to organized fuel smuggling networks, Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Ahmadali Goudarzi announced ...

There is concern that, when cornered, Iran might finally carry out a long-standing threat: to try to block passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the waters of the Persian Gulf with the ...

President Trump accused India of aiding Moscow’s war on Ukraine by purchasing Russian energy, derailing trade talks between India and the United States.

After the Iranian parliament floated a plan to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in June following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, China spoke out against closing the critical oil transit ...

As China’s purchases of sanctioned Iranian oil draw greater US scrutiny, Hutchison’s four ports on the southern side of the Strait of Hormuz are also critical.

During the recent war with Israel, Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which around a fifth of the world's oil and gas trade flows, a move that would have sent energy prices ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, citing fuel smuggling, following recent geopolitical tensions and US strikes on Iranian nuclear ...

• Iran’s latest threats to shut down the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt 20% of the global oil supply. • LNG markets may feel the pressure even faster than crude, with countries like Japan, India, and ...

And one flashpoint seems to be emerging: the Strait of Hormuz, only about 40 km wide at its narrowest point, with about 20 percent of all global oil moving through its waters.