The United Nations’ maritime agency said on Friday that it had successfully evacuated about 2,500 stranded seafarers from the Persian Gulf before suspending the operation, after an attack on a commercial vessel exposed uncertainty over who can guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

The operation follows a peace agreement between the United States and Iran that ended months of conflict and allowed commercial shipping to resume through one of the world's most…

More than 11,000 seafarers stuck in the Persian Gulf will begin to exit through the Hormuz Strait in a large-scale evacuation plan backed by Iran and the U.S.

A major evacuation plan is now underway for over 11,000 seafarers aboard hundreds of ships stranded in the Gulf. Following a ceasefire deal between Iran and the U.S., the UN's…

Officials working to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stuck in the Gulf