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By Greg Torode and Karen Lema HONG KONG/MANILA, April 15 (Reuters) – China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in …

By Ariba Shahid, Trevor Hunnicutt and Parisa Hafezi ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) – Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, U.S. President …

By Timothy Gardner and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – The Trump administration will allow a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea to expire later this …

April 14 (Reuters) – Russian drones attacked Ukraine’s Izmail port in the southern Odesa region overnight and damaged a civilian Panama-flagged vessel, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. Several strikes were …

SEOUL, April 14 (Reuters) – North Korea conducted another test-fire of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles on Sunday as part of operational efficiency trials of its destroyer Choe Hyon, …

By Michel Rose and John Irish PARIS/LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) – NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to blockade the …

By Florence Tan and Jonathan Saul SINGAPORE/LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) – Two Iranian-linked tankers exited the Gulf on Monday as other vessels began avoiding the Strait of Hormuz after the …

By Bo Erickson, Saad Sayeed and Asif Shahzad MIAMI/ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising …

April 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that many tanker ships are en route to the United States to transport oil and gas to other countries. …

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) – Three supertankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data showed, marking what appeared to be the first vessels to …

By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – Britain’s government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands …

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday that it had started “setting conditions” for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, with two U.S. warships passing …

By Andrius Sytas VAINDLOO ANCHORAGE, Estonia, April 10 (Reuters) – NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers …

By Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Maayan Lubell and Ariba Shahid DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/ISLAMABAD, April 10 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz remained shut on Friday and Israel traded fire with Hezbollah in …

By Renju Jose and Helen Clark SYDNEY/PERTH, April 10 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet his counterpart Lawrence Wong in Singapore on Friday as Canberra looks to …

MOSCOW/LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had the right to defend itself from what it called piracy after a British newspaper reported that a …

By Jonathan Saul and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned ships to keep to a route passing through its territorial waters when …

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/TEL AVIV, April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to retain military assets in the Middle East until a peace deal with Iran is reached and warned of …

By David Lawder and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that imports from countries supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate …

April 8 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crucial East-West oil pipeline, currently its only outlet for crude exports, was hit in an Iranian attack and other facilities in the kingdom were …

COPENHAGEN, April 8 (Reuters) – Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Wednesday the two-week ceasefire agreed between the U.S. and Iran could open some opportunities for vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, …

By Parisa Hafezi and Trevor Hunnicutt DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as Iran showed no sign of accepting …

By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, April 7 (Reuters) – Talks between the United States and Iran were at risk of being derailed following Tehran’s attacks on Saudi Arabian …

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday ahead of a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to open the Strait of …

By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, April 7 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday there were a huge number of requests for Russian energy from a range of …

By Shariq Khan and Anushree Mukherjee NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s move allowing foreign-flagged cargo ships to move fuel and other goods between domestic ports …

By Samia Nakhoul and Maha El Dahan Dubai, April 6 (Reuters) – UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of …

April 6 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a …

By Ahmad Ghaddar and Rozanna Latiff LONDON/KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 (Reuters) – An oil tanker loaded with Iraqi crude passed through the Strait of Hormuz close to the Iranian coast, …

MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) – A cargo ship carrying wheat sank in the Sea of ??Azov after coming under attack from Ukrainian drones, a Russia-installed official said on Sunday, leaving …

By Jonathan Landay, Erin Banco and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) – Recent U.S. intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time …

April 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. can open the Strait of Hormuz with a little more time, as pressure mounts for his administration to …

STOCKHOLM, April 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Friday it had seized an oil tanker in the Baltic Sea that is believed to be part of the …

By Heejin Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday they planned to boost defense …

By Katharine Jackson and Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – Detentions of Panama-flagged vessels by China that followed a Panamanian court ruling raise serious concerns about efforts to undermine …

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit widened in February as a rebound in imports offset strong growth in exports, which increased to a record high, potentially keeping …

By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) – Britain will host talks on Thursday aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the …

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, April 1 (Reuters) – U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas rose to an all?time high in March as plants ran above nameplate capacity and new units …

By Nandita Bose, Steven Scheer and Yomna Ehab WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) – Global oil supplies are expected to be hit twice as hard this month as in March, the …

OSLO, April 1 (Reuters) – Oil supply disruptions from the Middle East will rise in April and begin to impact Europe’s economy as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz …

April 1 (Reuters) – An oil tanker leased to state-owned QatarEnergy was hit by an Iranian cruise missile on Wednesday in Qatari waters, the defense ministry said. Qatar was targeted …

By Ayose Naranjo MATANZAS, Cuba, March 31 (Reuters) – A Russian-flagged tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of crude docked in Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, shipping data showed, marking …

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) – European Union governments should prepare for a “prolonged disruption” to energy markets as a result of the Iran war, the bloc’s energy …

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) – Three Chinese ships recently sailed through the Strait of Hormuz after coordination with relevant parties, a foreign ministry spokesperson told a regular …

By Lisa Baertlein and Jonathan Saul LOS ANGELES/LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) – The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for energy shipping face …

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – Thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, two …

By Stephanie Kelly LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) – Oil prices extended gains on Monday, with Brent heading for a record monthly rise, after Yemeni Houthis widened the Iran war by …

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, March 30 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday that an oil tanker carrying 100,000 metric tons of crude oil had arrived in Cuba …

BENGALURU, March 29 (Reuters) – Two India-bound liquefied petroleum gas tankers carrying about 94,000 metric tons of the cooking gas have safely transited the Strait of Hormuz and are heading …

By Dave Sherwood and Lizbeth Diaz HAVANA, March 28 (Reuters) – Two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico arrived safely in Havana on Saturday, the Mexican Navy said, concluding a …