The US Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet patrols Middle East waters, particularly the Arabian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, to keep open the waterways for international trade, as well as protect ...

Thirty percent of the world's seaborne oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. But it's often a flashpoint for both regional and global powers.

A European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz, a global shipping route impacted by military tensions in the Middle East, has won the political support from eight EU members ...