Iran’s new supreme leader said the strait will remain closed, and the regime has reportedly begun laying mines to deter ships from transiting it.

This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York.

More than a dozen oil tankers, cargo and other commercial ships have been attacked in the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago.

Authorities in Thailand have released images of the Thai cargo ship that was struck and set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

Oil prices have risen again as shipping is disrupted - at one point hitting $100 a barrel. In Iran, state media says a message from the new supreme leader will be released soon.

Oil prices have risen again as shipping is disrupted - at one point hitting $100 a barrel. In Iran, state media says a message from the new supreme leader will be released soon.

(TNND) — The war with Iran has spread to the seas, with three more merchant vessels struck overnight in the Strait of Hormuz, ...

Iran's new supreme leader says the country should use the threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, and has vowed ...

Follow live NBC News coverage and latest updates on the Iran war, as the U.S. and Israel launch strikes and Tehran launches its "most intense strikes" to date.

A video posted by U.S. Central Command shows the devastating moment the U.S. military took out several Iranian ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on commercial ships Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy ...