AFP25 Jun, 2026 07:25 PM2 mins to readVessels awaiting evacuation in the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping has been suspended after a vessel was reportedly struck by an unknown projectile. Photo / AFPThe evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz has been suspended after an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said: “I have decided to temporarily pause [the evacuation plan’s] implementation in order to reconfirm that the