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May 6 (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf, a source from mediator …

By David Brunnstrom and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday called a U.S.-proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran stop attacks and laying …

PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) – U.N. Security Council members will begin talks on Tuesday on a U.S.- and Bahrain- backed draft resolution that could lead to sanctions against Iran, and …

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade and that two U.S. merchant ships had …

By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Idrees Ali DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – A South Korean ship was hit by an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and …

GENEVA, May 4 (Reuters) – Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held …

By Tala Ramadan and Jacob Bogage DUBAI/DORAL, Florida, May 4 (Reuters) – Iran said it had forced a U.S. warship to turn back from entering the Strait of Hormuz on …

By Chandni Shah and Charlotte Van Campenhout May 3 (Reuters) – Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak …

STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Sunday it had seized a tanker in the Baltic Sea believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet, the …

ASHKELON, Israel, May 3 (Reuters) – An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces …

May 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it on fire, and …

By Adrian Portugal BATANES, Philippines, May 2 (Reuters) – Philippine and U.S. forces on Saturday showcased the NMESIS anti-ship missile system in Batanes province, near Taiwan, during annual war games, …

By David Shepardson and Laila Kearney May 2 (Reuters) – Major airlines and the U.S. government scrambled to help stranded passengers and employees after bankrupt discount carrier Spirit Airlines FLYYQ.PK …

May 2 (Reuters) – Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who …

By Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage DUBAI/WEST PALM BEACH, May 2 (Reuters) – An Iranian proposal so far rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait …

OSLO/LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports has shrunk Tehran’s oil exports, stranding a growing stockpile of crude on tankers as Iranian storage sites run …

By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration argued that a ceasefire with Tehran had “terminated” hostilities as a legal deadline arrived …

By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa May 1 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports rose 14% to 1.23 million barrels per day in April, the highest in more than seven years, …

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. is pushing for other countries to form an international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a …

ATHENS, April 30 (Reuters) – Israel has intercepted aid ships bound for Gaza in international waters near Greece, flotilla organizers said on Thursday, decrying the move as an “escalation of …

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) – Top U.S. military leaders including Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, will brief President Donald Trump later on Thursday on potential military action …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Reuters) – Donald Trump discussed how to mitigate the impact of a possible months-long U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports with oil companies, a White …

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to ‘get smart soon’ and sign a deal, following days of deadlock in efforts to end the …

DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – Two months into a war with the U.S. and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — …

By Maha El Dahan DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was quitting OPEC, dealing a heavy blow to the oil producers’ group as …

By Katya Golubkova and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) – Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, is attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, …

NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed about 2% to a two-week high on Monday as peace talks between the U.S. and Iran stalled and shipments through the …

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – At least seven ships – mainly dry bulk vessels – have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, in line with muted …

By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to …

By Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters) – Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, …

April 25 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated on Saturday that he was focused on efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a day after the head of TotalEnergies …

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a …

BRUSSELS/LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping’s CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week, setting up another …

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) – Iran’s use of a swarm of small, fast boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz could undermine suggestions …

By Ryan Woo and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first using nuclear power, …

LAUSANNE, April 22 (Reuters) – Asian ship owners might begin to sail through the Strait of Hormuz soon amid a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire as they have a higher risk tolerance …

By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi and Saad Sayeed WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 22 (Reuters) – Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic …

DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) – At least three container ships were hit by gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, maritime security sources and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade …

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained broadly halted on Tuesday with only three ships passing the waterway in the past 24 hours, shipping …

By Joe Cash BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other …

By Timothy Aeppel, Nicholas P. Brown and David Lawder April 20 (Reuters) – The refund system set up to allow companies to recover illegally collected tariffs from the U.S. government …

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, following moves by Islamabad to …

BRUSSELS/PARIS, April 20 (Reuters) – The European Union will expand the criteria of its Iran sanctions to include those responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, which has been largely …

By Parisa Hafezi and Hatem Maher DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters) – A ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared in jeopardy on Monday after the U.S. said it had …

By Daphne Psaledakis, Trevor Hunnicutt and Saad Sayeed WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 19 (Reuters) – The United States said on Sunday that it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to …

ATHENS, April 19 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greece next week to renew a security pact between the two countries against the backdrop of the war …

SYDNEY, April 18 (Reuters) – Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday launching their landmark A$10 billion ($7 billion) deal to supply Australia with warships, Tokyo’s most consequential military sale …

By Saurabh Sharma MUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters) – India said it had called in the Iranian envoy to New Delhi and flagged its “deep concern” over the attack on two …

April 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia’s oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region and a Baltic Sea port that exports petroleum …

ATHENS, April 18 (Reuters) – Merchant vessels attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday received radio messages from Iran’s navy telling them they were not allowed to pass, …