Iranian forces have seized two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating the maritime crisis at the world’s most important energy chokepoint and underscoring how far commercial shipping remains from normal even as Washington claims control over the waterway.

UK maritime agency says Iranian forces also targeted a third vessel that they didn't capture; White House says seizures don't violate truce as 'these weren't US or Israeli ships'

A container ship came under attack from an Iranian gunboat northeast of Oman, sustaining heavy damage to its bridge, the UK Maritime Trade

The US made good on its threat to board and seize any vessel defying its blockade of Iran’s ports on Sunday, with footage released by the military showing a guided-missile destroyer firing on the Iran-linked Touska,

A French container ship and a Japanese-owned tanker have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, in what appear to be the first such transits since the war in Iran shuttered the crucial waterway.