Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according ...

US president says his country may carry out more strikes on oil hub as he urges allies to help open Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump warned the U.S. will completely obliterate all of Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if a peace deal is not reached.

The US unleashed targeted strikes on Iran’s critical Kharg Island on Tuesday — as President Trump chillingly declared that “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Roughly 50 strikes were carried out ...

Experts say that holding the island would also be a challenge, because in addition to missiles and drones it would be well ...

Kharg Island is a small rocky outcrop just 15 nautical miles (24km) off the coast of Iran. Ninety percent of Iran's crude oil ...

The United States struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island overnight, a White House official said Tuesday. Kharg Island is the lifeline of Iran’s oil economy, as roughly 90 percent of the ...

The U.S. has struck Kharg Island a second time, hitting military targets again. If the U.S. were to hit the oil infrastructure there, that would be a serious blow to an already struggling global oil ...

Iran renews attacks in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump says he's extending a ceasefire indefinitely, as thousands more U.S.

The US president's comments come alongside briefings from US officials about the readiness of troops to carry out ground ...

Iran attacked two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after President Donald Trump extended a U.S. ceasefire in the ...

BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, ...