The island, located in the Palk Strait near Pamban Island, was part of the Ramanathapuram kingdom and was integrated into India after the Zamindari Abolition Act of 1947.

As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to ...

Iran controls the Northern side of the Strait of Hormuz, a passage which sees significant global trade pass through daily. If ...

The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could try to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

The Iranian Parliament on Sunday approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz after the United States bombed three ...

Discover the Strait of Hormuz: its map, critical importance, key facts, and role as a vital chokepoint for global oil transit. Learn why this narrow waterway is essential to energy markets.

Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter that relies on the Strait and accounts for nearly 40% of the oil exports that pass ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a channel less than 100 km in width, separates Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

Speaking last week about the significance of the Strait of Hormuz in global energy markets, experts told Global News the route is crucial to the global economy. “It is an enormous, probably the ...

Experts say that if the Strait of Hormuz is affected, prices could raise to anywhere around $100-150 a barrel from the current $76.45 per barrel for Brent (after a $5 increase within the past week).

Multiple sources told Upstream's sister title TradeWinds that they expect retaliation for the attacks in the Red Sea, not the much-closer Strait of Hormuz, the 90 kilometre wide waterway between ...

The worst-case scenario would be a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the most vital oil shipping lane in the world. More than 20 million barrels of crude – around a fifth of global daily ...