Iran seized on Friday an oil tanker en route to Singapore after it passed the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East in the first major escalation of the tensions in the region since the ...

As the tensions between Iran and Israel intensified on Tuesday with both sides refusing to back down, concerns have increased over the fate of crucial shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. As ...

The events unfolding in the Gulf of Oman come on the heels of an apparent suicide attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.

The crews of two oil tankers were evacuated Thursday after sending out distress calls following a new incident in the Gulf of Oman that sent world oil prices soaring. The incident, the second ...