The skirmish was the latest in a string that has tested the two-month-old ceasefire.

US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.

A woman stands at the water's edge along the Strait of Hormuz as a plume of smoke rises in the background following an explosion, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026

U.S. forces launched strikes against Iranian targets Friday after Tehran attacked a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The retaliation comes as Washington, Tehran, Israel and Lebanon navigate a fragile ceasefire framework.

Global oil prices climbed on Friday morning after US and Iranian forces exchanged fire at the Strait of Hormuz, the first such flare-up since the ceasefire announcement on 7 April. At 7:50 am, the July Brent contract on the Intercontinental Exchange was ...

It comes as Iran issued a 'zero hour' warning to the US which has continued to target 'surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities'

The Iran war escalated again as U.S. forces hit about 140 Iranian military targets, bringing CENTCOM’s three-night total to more than 300 targets. Iran’s IRGC claims it will keep striking until “the end of U.S. interference in this region.”

Even if a cease-fire materializes, Gulf exporters recognize that relying strictly on the Strait of Hormuz is a risk they can no longer take.

U. President Donald Trump on Monday responded to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks