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Energy & Climate April 18, 2026 355 stories in this edition

Iran closes Hormuz Strait again over US blockade with ships mid-transit

Dawn / Pakistan / 1m ago / none@none.com (News DeskAFPReuters)
Screengrab from marinetraffic.com taken at around 3pm PKT (10am GMT) on April 18.

Screengrab from marinetraffic.com taken at around 3pm PKT (10am GMT) on April 18.

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A handful of oil and gas tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday during a brief reopening, tracking data showed, but others retreated and two were reportedly attacked as Iran closed the route again. The toing and froing over the strait cast doubt on US President Donald Trump’s optimism the day before, that a peace deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran was “very close”. Iran reversed its pledge to reopen t...

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A handful of oil and gas tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday during a brief reopening, tracking data showed, but others retreated and two were reportedly attacked as Iran closed the route again. The toing an...

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