Iran’s Threats to Hormuz Undersea Cables Highlight Vulnerabilites of Data Chokepoints May 15, 2026 By Meredith Primrose Jones Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait...
UAE-Owned Tanker Leaks Some Fuel off Oman Following Iranian Strike May 13, 2026 A unit of state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said on Wednesday that one of its tankers struck by Iranian...
Iran Says It’s Deployed Mini Subs in Contest to Control Hormuz May 12, 2026 By Gerry Doyle and Golnar Motevalli Iran says it’s deployed small submarines to act as an “invisible guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz amid a series...
Seoul Condemns Strike on Vessel in Strait of Hormuz as Probe Continues May 11, 2026 By Heesu Lee South Korea strongly condemned what it described as an attack on a civilian cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz...
Ships’ Signals Go Haywire as Hormuz Strait Tensions Escalate May 11, 2026 By Weilun Soon Geolocation data for some ships in the Persian Gulf showed locations and speeds that defied logic, pointing to an increase...
Mitsui O.S.K. Says its Vessels Did Not Pay Fees Transiting Hormuz May 8, 2026 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said on Friday three of its vessels that transited the Strait of Hormuz and exited...
Iran Sets Out Process for Hormuz Transit But Shipowners Are Wary May 7, 2026 By Alaric Nightingale, Weilun Soon, Veena Ali-Khan and Grant Smith Iran has laid out an updated process for ships seeking to transit Hormuz, but several shipowners said they remained cautious...
One CMA CGM Vessel Attacked While Transiting Strait of Hormuz, Another Exits Gulf May 7, 2026 A CMA CGM container ship was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, injuring crew members and damaging the vessel,...
Iran Reviewing US Proposal to End War, Though Key Demands Remain Unaddressed May 6, 2026 By Ariba Shahid, Steve Holland and Alexander Cornwell Iran said on Wednesday it was reviewing a U.S. peace proposal that sources said would formally end the war while...
US Says it Has Missile Destroyers in Gulf and 2 American Ships Have Crossed Hormuz May 4, 2026 By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Idrees Ali The U.S. military said two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers had entered the Gulf to break an Iranian blockade and that...