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The “Tanker war” grew out of the fierce eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s.

Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the...

President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister...

Lebanon and Israel are set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. Navy to shoot any boat putting mines in the strait, while the...

The U.S. military has seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil.

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia.

Regional officials say the United States and Iran have signaled they will hold new ceasefire talks in Islamabad.

Iran called the boarding “piracy” and warned ships to stay out, raising fears the vital oil route could become a flashpoint...

Pakistan is preparing for new talks between the U.S. and Iran, even as tensions rise around the Strait of Hormuz.