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US begins Iran port blockade, oil prices ease
IEA chief warns of tougher month for energy markets
US details bounds of Hormuz blockade as two ships turn around
US, Iran leave door open to dialogue after tense talks
US begins naval blockade of Iranian ports
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US begins Iran port blockade, oil prices ease

WASHINGTON/DUBAI - The U.S. military began a blockade of Iran's ​ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial waterway, although ​hopes for dialogue to end the war provided some relief to oil...

/FW1FP/Janane Venkatraman

US details bounds of Hormuz blockade as two ships turn around

/FW1FP/David Gaffen

US, Iran leave door open to dialogue after tense talks

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Deadline passes for US blockade of Hormuz

Shoppers walk through Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran. — Reuters

Israel seeks to declare Türkiye 'new enemy'

Türkiye's servicemen stand at attention on a Turkish submarine in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, in Antalya. — AFP

Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf ports for US blockade

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on April 12, 2026.

How would a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work?

/FW1FP/barbara Lewis

Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail

Relatives mourn over the bodies of four members of the Saeed family killed in an Israeli strike in the village of Srifa, at the Al Kharab mosque in Tyre, Lebanon, on Sunday. — Reuters

Trump orders US naval blockade of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump arrives at Miami International Airport in Florida. — Reuters

Talks fail as world urges respect for truce

People walk past a wall mural along the roadside in Tehran. — AFP

Strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral

A jeep drives past a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Al Bazouriyah. — AFP

UK minister says 'disappointing' no breakthrough in war talks

Wes Streeting

US-Iran talks fail to find a deal, but truce holds for now

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US, Iran fail to reach agreement after marathon talks

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Pakistan FM: 'Imperative' for US, Iran to uphold ceasefire

U.S. Vice President JD Vance talks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.

No one had expectations of an agreement in one session: Iran

A worker reads a freshly printed newspaper featuring a headline about the U.S. and Iran peace talks in Islamabad, at a printing press in Karachi, Pakistan, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Insiya Syed
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