US military struck Iranian missile and drone sites near the Strait of Hormuz on June 26, 2026. Here's what the escalation ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches its asteroid target for the nation's first sample collection, marking a milestone in its ...

A ceasefire on paper is not a ceasefire at sea.Problems on land between the US and Iran invariably produce new problems at ...

The most important traffic reports these days usually come from the Strait of Hormuz. “Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz ...

The U.S. and Gulf states said they are against a tolling deal or maritime fees in the Strait of Hormuz.

Around 250 BCE, the Romans laid wooden decks across floating barrels to span the Strait of Messina. In a victory march across ...

Charging a toll is illegal under international law, but some fees are allowed for services. It is not clear what services Iran would provide, but there were no fees charged before the war. By Ephrat ...

Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that ...

Even if peace holds up between the US and Iran, oil prices aren’t going back down to where they were any time soon.

Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. It follows reports of an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship trying to ...

Legal experts say calling a transit charge a fee may not make it lawful. There is no provision in international law for a coastal state charging for passage through a natural waterway, whether you ...