The narrow waterway of the Strait of Hormuz carries more weight than its 21-mile width suggests. Through this strategic chokepoint flows roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum liquids — a staggering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Iran’s power is the Hormuz Strait.” Those were Iranian foreign minister Abbas Aragchi’s words on state television last week. He ...

A view of the vessels heading towards the Strait of Hormuz following the two-week temporary ceasefire reached between the U.S. and Iran on the condition that the strait be reopened, seen in Oman on ...

Unless you've waded deep into the weeds on energy sector chokepoints (as I did more than a decade ago), you've probably never heard of the Strait of Hormuz before this year. However, you've now likely ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has locked up nearly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply. If the closure persists, argues Mark P. Mills, the consequences will rival that of the 1973–74 Arab oil ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab ...

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History records the seventeenth-century Battle of Hormuz as one of the biggest naval battles of that era, fought between the dominant powers of Portugal and an Anglo-Dutch alliance. Today’s battle at ...