1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (775+ words) Sunday, Sep 13, 2026 6:38 AM MT The Houthis’ capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, in recent days has alarmed markets and Yemeni civilians who fear…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (695+ words) Thursday, Sep 10, 2026 9:00 AM MT Mokha, is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic waterway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden through which about 12 percent of the world’s oil and other goods are shipped. The…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (749+ words) Monday, Sep 7, 2026 3:24 PM MT The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, who boasted of new missile capability and claimed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1080+ words) Tuesday, Sep 1, 2026 5:07 PM MT U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday evening that it had completed the latest barrage against Iranian military targets including air defense sites, radar systems and maritime assets. “If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1089+ words) Monday, Aug 31, 2026 10:47 AM MT FILE – A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP, File)(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP, File)…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (967+ words) Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026 5:22 AM MT The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely shut down nearly six months after the Iran war began. Officials in Thailand said the…...