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Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, where the agreement was signed, in a photograph from September 2024.

Turkey and Qatar sign mutual defence agreement in Istanbul, pledging a joint stance against attack

Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south, taken by the MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite in December 2020. The channel is about 34 km wide at its narrowest point.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran exempts Chinese, Indian, Iraqi and Qatari ships from Hormuz restrictions, where 10.23 million barrels a day transited

The Strait of Hormuz in a NASA satellite image, with Iran to the north and the Musandam peninsula to the south.

Strait of Hormuz

Revolutionary Guard reports two more tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, while the US says the lanes are clear of mines

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen, on the left, and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera at a press conference on the bloc's energy package in March 2026.

European gas tops €100 per MWh for the first time since December 2022, and Brussels warns of "another energy crisis"