Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institution, on "PBS News Hour" with Amna Nawaz, discusses his new piece in The Atlantic: "Trump Is Checkmated In Iran" "This conflict has revealed in America that is unreliable and incapable of finishing what it started.

The UK and France are co-hosting a multinational meeting of defence ministers, to try to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz. More than 40 nations are expected to join the virtual gathering.

Gasoline prices are displayed at a gas station on Monday, March 16, 2026, in Portland, Ore. They have been increasing across the nation since the beginning of the war with Iran. Credit: Jenny Kane / AP On paper it makes little sense. Ship traffic through ...

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz might be the only things that aren’t moving

As long as the Strait of Hormuz remains unsettled, the US Navy faces millions of dollars in extra costs each time it sends a destroyer through the waterway, and such passages on their own are unlikely to reopen it.

Shipping industry ETF BOAT has gotten a huge boost from the Strait of Hormuz blockade but that can change direction on a dime.

The head of the Saudi Aramco oil company warned Monday the global oil market will ​lose around 100 million barrels every week if disruptions ​to the Strait ​of Hormuz continue at ⁠the current ​rate. Amin Nasser also warned that global supplies of gasoline and jet fuel could reach “critically low levels” by summer unless Iran allows shipping lanes to reopen.

The Strait of Hormuz saw only a fragile and uneven recovery in April, with vessel traffic still far below normal levels despite brief reopening windows linked to ceasefire signals, according to AXSMarine.