Brent crude and WTI prices were rising early Thursday after a report of a ship seizure near the U.A.E. but developments in China are in focus.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz

Iran balked at President Trump's demands for a peace deal amid a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, as fear the war could reignite hits oil and energy markets.

The president said face to face talks would resume on Monday but repeated threats against Iranian infrastructure if they did not make a deal.

Iran calls seizure an act of piracy as Trump says ship tried to get past US naval blockade ‘and it did not go well for them’

Panama reaffirmed the "neutrality" of its canal on Tuesday along with the "need to preserve" maritime transit routes amid the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during the Middle East war. The conflict has seen Iran severely limit access to the Strait of ...

The British military says a ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian territorial waters.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed “efforts to achieve a durable peace in the Middle East” in talks at the Vatican aimed at easing tensions following U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism