In the narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's traded oil passes each day, a commercial tanker took three direct hits on Monday — the latest tremor in a seven-month conflict between the United States and Iran that is reshaping both military strategy and global energy markets. The exchange of strikes, from American forces targeting rocket launchers on Larak Island to Iranian retaliation against U.S. bases in Jordan, marks the first direct military confrontation between the two powers in over a month. What unfolds in this slender corridor of water is not merely a regi
Tanker hit by projectiles as U.S.-Iran tensions flare in Hormuz Strait
Three reportedly killed in U.S. strike on Larak Island; no casualties reported from tanker strike.