Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSpeaking Monday at the White House, Trump warned Iran that it would need to ‘make a deal, or we're going to finish the job’ (ISNA/AFP via Getty Images)Three tankers were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, marking the latest attacks on vessels in the narrow Persian Gulf passage.One liquefied natural gas tanker caught fire off the coast of Oman, with Iranian state television stating it had ignored warnings, though not claiming responsibility for the assault.Two other tankers were also hit, as reported by the British military, one by a drone, sustaining damage but causing no injuries, with at least one vessel continuing its journey.These attacks threaten to disrupt global shipping and economic stability, occurring amidst efforts by countries to restore normal practices and ease the strain of the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran.Negotiations between the US and Iran, aimed at fully reopening the strait, addressing Tehran's nuclear programme, and ending the war, are currently paused until after the burial of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose funeral mourners called for the death of US President Donald Trump.More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Three tankers hit in latest attacks in Strait of Hormuz, British military says
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSpeaking Monday at the White House, Trump warned Iran that it would need to ‘make a deal, or we're going to finish the job’ (ISNA/AFP via Getty Images)Three tankers were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, marking the latest attacks on vessels in the narrow Persian Gulf passage.One liquefied natural gas tanker caught fire off the coast of Oman, with Iranian state television stating it had ignored warnings, though not claiming responsibility for the assault.Two other tankers were also hit, as reported by the British military, one by a drone, sustaining damage but causing no injuries, with at least one vessel continuing its journey.These attacks threaten to disrupt global shipping and economic stability, occurring amidst efforts by countries to restore normal practices and ease the strain of the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran.Negotiations between the US and Iran, aimed at fully reopening the strait, addressing Tehran's nuclear programme, and ending the war, are currently paused until after the burial of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose funeral mourners called for the death of US President Donald Trump.More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
