US and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across ⁠the Gulf and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz.

The US military has carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran and two tankers came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, after...

July 13 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States would be "taking over the strait" after days of the United States and Iran trading attacks amid a fragile cease-fire.

U.S. Central Command announced on social media that the U.S. military had begun another round of strikes against Iran.

The United States carried out a fresh wave of military strikes across southern and western Iran overnight, targeting what it described as key military assets linked to Tehran's ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation marked another sharp escalation in the renewed confrontation between Washington and Tehran, despite an interim agreement that had been intended to ease tensions.

US President Donald Trump said the United States intends to blockade Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and collect fees from other countries' shipping traffic as reimbursement. The statement came after a new wave of US and Iranian air strikes in the region on July 12 and 13.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States is reinstating a naval blockade targeting Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and said Washington would impose a 20% charge on cargo passing through the strategic waterway. The move came as fighting between the United States and Iran intensified, with both sides exchanging attacks on a scale not seen since the ceasefire announced in April.

UAE said the tankers were targeted in the southern lane of the strait while in Omani waters. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The United States has carried out a fresh wave of military strikes on Iran, with Tehran responding hours later by launching drones and missiles at US military bases across the Gulf, according to...

The UN's International Maritime Organization says there is no legal basis for mandatory tolls to transit a strait. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A focal point of the Iran war is increasingly about who controls the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that for decades was a relatively safe transit route for Middle East oil and natural gas supplies.