All news on the topic: Strait of Hormuz

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) called President Trump twice Thursday, urging him to launch strikes against the Houthis as the Iran-backed group closed in on a vital Red Sea chokepoint

The Houthis have seized the strategically important port of Mocha on Yemen’s western coast and are close to controlling the country’s entire Red Sea shoreline, Middle Eastern media report.

New details emerge about extreme measures used by British soldiers to support a Gulf autocrat

Donald Trump has characterised the ongoing conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" after JD Vance said the conflict was not a "war".

A 16-year-old schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head after asking her to check his homework has been locked up for four and a half years.

Donald Trump has hinted he would not back Britain if Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands again.

The US has launched a fresh series of strikes on targets in Iran - and Tehran launched a wave of attacks in retaliation.

United States’ embassies in Israel, Qatar and Jordan have issued fresh security alerts.

The UK’s borrowing costs have climbed to their highest level in almost two decades as fears rocket over rising oil prices that could keep interest rates elevated.

Donald Trump has posted an AI video of Iran’s “Forbidden Island” after reigniting his war by launching strikes for the first time in a month.

The US has reverted to military attacks on Iran for the first time in a month, firing missiles and drones at Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the strait of Hormuz, prompting the Iranian military to attack US military bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

President Donald Trump has claimed Iran’s Kharg Island energy hub was "blown to smithereens", despite no evidence of an attack - as both sides trade strikes in Middle East.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told that any ship or boat placing new mines will be destroyed.

Mohsen Rezaee, the former commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been appointed as the head of Iran’s top security body, which plays a crucial role in the country’s security and foreign policy.

Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a military camp in Yemen and in Saudi Arabia have sparked concerns that the Middle East crisis will continue to spiral.

Donald Trump has warned Iran it has a “last chance” to sign a “good document”, as he insisted talks were under way despite Tehran denying negotiations with the US were taking place.

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.

Britain’s economy could be sent into a recession next year if the crucial Strait of Hormuz remains closed into 2027 amid a prolonged Iran war, according to a report.

Britain and its NATO allies face a direct challenge from Vladimir Putin ’within months’ to test Andy Burnham’s new government and Donald Trump’s focus on Iran, UK intelligence sources have warned.

UK borrowing costs soared yesterday amid a global bond market rout sparked by a surge in the oil price back above $100.