Most investors had probably never heard about the Strait of Hormuz until earlier this month. However, they've quickly learned of its importance to oil markets and the global economy after Iran ...

Here are facts and figures about the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a crucial passage into the Red Sea that Iran has threatened to target if US forces launch a ground assault on its territory. Known as the ...

Yemeni fishermen sail in the waters overlooking the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait on April 5, 2026. The fragile U.S.-Iran cease-fire is being tested by reports of Tehran’s continued chokehold on the ...

The focus of global energy markets has, for weeks, been fixed on a single maritime artery -- the Strait of Hormuz. But as the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran deepens, attention is ...

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the war with Iran has choked global oil supply and exports through alternative routes still leave the world supply short by about 13 million ...

Iran has threatened a new pressure point in the middle of the ongoing US-Israel conflict, warning that Yemen’s Ansarullah (Houthis) could move to control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if its southern ...

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo) (Uncredited, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) DUBAI – Yemen's Houthi ...

The Houthis have disrupted oil tanker traffic in the region before. Prolonged closers of two crucial chokepoints could send oil prices even higher and severely impact the global economy. Most ...

Key points of global maritime transport — Guillermo RIVAS PACHECO, Julie PEREIRA Here are facts and figures about the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a crucial passage into the Red Sea that Iran has threatened ...