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President Donald Trump urged commercial vessels to continue sailing through the Strait of Hormuz despite escalating attacks on merchant

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to near-zero levels as the maritime security crisis gripping the Middle East continues, even as

By Katharine Jackson and Curtis Williams WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials on Sunday defended a decision to temporarily

By Daniel Flatley Mar 7, 2026(Bloomberg) –Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US may lift sanctions on further Russian oil supply after a move

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The United States is pressing Sri Lanka’s government not to repatriate the survivors from the

March 7(Reuters) – A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards challenged U.S. President Donald Trump to deploy U.S. naval vessels to

The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a $20 billion maritime reinsurance facility aimed at restoring confidence in commercial shipping through the

The viral social media post claimed Donald Trump had just "killed the British Empire" in a matter of minutes. The truth is simultaneously more complicated,

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a temporary sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to receive Russian crude oil cargoes already loaded on tankers, a

President Donald Trump has removed Kristi Noem as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ending a tenure that reshaped several key maritime

An Iranian Navy warship has been sunk by a U.S. Navy attack submarine in the Indian Ocean, marking what U.S. officials say is the first time since World War

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed the U.S. government to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trade

The escalating military conflict in the Middle East has placed seafarers and port workers on the front lines of a geopolitical crisis, prompting urgent calls

Within hours of launching Operation Epic Fury on Iran, U.S. forces struck the Shahid Bagheri, Iran’s first dedicated drone carrier, according to the

By Lori Ann LaRocco – Three vessels involved in the transport of sanctioned Iranian oil have been struck in the first 24 hours of Operation Epic Fury. Oil

The world’s most vital energy artery is under siege. Following coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali

U.S. Central Command has confirmed the sinking of an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette at a pier in Chah Bahar during the opening hours of Operation Epic Fury,

There are moments when geopolitics feels distant from daily life. This is not one of them. By Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – With confirmed US–Israeli

A number of oil tankers are avoiding sailing through Hormuz shipping strait that links the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the open seas, with some shipowners taking

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed an export authorization yesterday for a 12% expansion at Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi liquefied natural