Iran has scared off most ships from the Strait of Hormuz, leaving some ships to pass through, while most continued to wait outside the strait.

With the Iran war entering a third week, Israel said it plans for at least three more weeks of war, while President Trump demanded other countries help the U.S. secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.

Countries and companies have been negotiating with the Iranian authorities to secure passage. Some patterns are emerging.

Iran has continued to ship crude oil via the Strait of Hormuz to China even as the war between U.S.-Israel and Iran has disrupted broader energy supplies via the waterway.

China has not offered a comment on President Trump’s request for assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which has been all but closed due to the war with Iran. About 20 percent of the global

Is what initially looked like a flaw in the U.S. Iran war plan instead a useful feature? Iran’s most effective countermeasure against the high-tech U.S.-Israeli assault on the Islamic Republic has been its relatively low-tech closing of the Strait of Hormuz – or so it seemed.

Two more nations signed on to a letter Saturday strongly condemning Iran’s partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – isolating the Islamic Republic diplomatically as it seeks to apply maximum economic pressure by bottling up oil shipments.

President Donald Trump may delay his China trip due to the Iran war, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it’s not to pressure Beijing on the Strait of Hormuz. The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors WADA to weigh barring Trump,

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer argued that it’s in China’s best interest to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump seeks help in restoring shipping in the crucial waterway.

Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has sent the world to a global oil supply shock that is being dubbed as the worst in decades, as the Middle East conflict almost enters its fourth week.

China wants the Iran conflict to end – but could it still benefit? Given that China is the world’s top oil importer, and oil prices continued to surge this week as energy facilities in the Middle East were struck,