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Strait of Hormuz

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Aramco Posts Large Q2 Profit Driven by Higher Oil Prices

Higher realised crude and product prices offset lower sales to support a $21.9 billion base dividend.

Clarksons Posts Record Half-Year Profit as Hormuz Disruption Fuels Demand

Malta-Flagged Tanker Hit by Unknown Projectile Near Oman; Crew Rescued

Iran Opens Talks With Japanese Refiners After US 60‑Day Oil Waiver

Germany Signals Possible Summer Pullback of Ships Stationed in Djibouti

U.S. Issues 60‑Day License Allowing Iranian Oil Trade Under June 17 Memorandum

Strait of Hormuz Choke Recasts Energy Transition as a Sovereignty Issue

Britain and France Finalize Mine‑Clearing Plan for Strait of Hormuz

Seoul Says Iranian-Made Missiles Highly Likely Struck HMM Namu

South Korean Tanker Begins Hormuz Exit With Iranian Go-Ahead

India Condemns Strike That Sank Indian-Flagged Cargo Vessel Off Oman

India Fast-Tracks Study of ₹40,000 Crore Oman–India Deep-Sea Gas Pipeline

South Korea Dispatches Forensic Team to Dubai in HMM Namu Attack Probe

IEA Cuts 2026 Oil Demand Outlook as Gulf Disruptions Drain Stocks

Qatari Premier Meets Vance in Washington on U.S.–Iran Mediation

GCC Accuses Iran Over UAE Tanker Attack and Calls for Global Action

Saudi Arabia Backs Pakistan’s Mediation to Defuse U.S.–Iran Tensions

Wong Begins Asia Trip With Tokyo Talks on Fuel Security

Germany Pre-Positions Minehunter for Possible Hormuz Mission

South Korean Envoy Presses Iran for Safe Passage Through Hormuz