Around 19 million barrels a day of liquid fuel exports, including 16 million barrels a day of crude, transit the strait
While Iran, Venezuela aren't considered important partners for China, Trump's campaign of regime change raises the question of whether the next target could be a leader with much closer links to Xi
Benchmarks in Europe and Asia have hardly priced in risk premiums associated with Iran, Goldman analysts including Daan Struyven said
At least 13 empty LNG tankers that were on the eastern side of the chokepoint have diverted away, according to ship-tracking data
Chinese refiners would be impacted if Iranian barrels are disrupted, given they import an estimated 99% of Iranian exports, equivalent to about 13% of Chinese seaborne crude imports in 2025
Trump called on Iranian military and police to surrender "for full immunity or face certain death"
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have faced hundreds of missiles and drone attacks from Iran since Saturday morning, with Tehran retaliating against US-Israeli airstrikes
The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial chokepoint for energy markets because a fifth of the world's seaborne oil and liquefied natural gas typically passes through each day
Nvidia is teaming up with a group of telecommunications companies including Nokia Oyj, SoftBank Group Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc
Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim urged an immediate, unconditional end to hostilities and called on the US and Iran to pursue a diplomatic off-ramp instead of escalation in the Middle East tensions
Cryptocurrencies had recovered roughly $32 billion in market value by Sunday morning, after shedding about $128 billion the previous day, according to data from CoinGecko
Trump's goal was to pressure Iran's rulers to do what they have resisted for decades: give up their nuclear and long-range missile programs and stop supporting its armed proxies
At the weeklong gathering of the National People's Congress starting March 5, officials are expected to set a 2026 growth target of 4.5% to 5%, down from around 5% in recent years
A military cargo plane filled with new bills for Bolivia's central bank crashed near El Alto International Airport on Friday afternoon, killing at least 22 and injuring at least 37
The US earlier issued a warning to shipping in the Middle East that vessels in the region should stay 30 nautical miles away from its military assets
The DOJ lawyers wrote that a delay wouldn't hurt companies because "monetary loss is a classic harm that can be remedied by payment of money with appropriate interest"
Shortly after, the Pentagon declared the AI developer a supply-chain risk - a designation typically reserved for companies from countries the US views as adversaries
Iran sits on one side of the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane for about a fifth of the world's crude from key suppliers including Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Russia is ready to sign a draft memorandum for a peace accord if Ukraine agrees to withdraw from its eastern Donetsk region
Even with the US saying the door to further diplomacy remains open, President Donald Trump has amassed huge military forces in the Middle East, sending a second aircraft carrier to Israeli waters