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Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 4, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 4:45 am
Regev passes buck on probing pilots, as Israel said ‘racing’ to ID more potential threats
As flydubai fallout continues, Transportation Ministry says flights aren’t 100% safe and it doesn’t do background checks on foreign pilots; report: Omani attacker had flown to Tel Aviv before but Israel knew nothing about him
By ToI Staff
A sculpture made by India’s sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicts India’s pilot Smit Machchhar, the captain of flydubai flight FZ 1073, at a beach in Odisha’s Puri city on October 1, 2026. (AFP)
October 3, 2026, 5:16 pm
UAE says flydubai copilot used cockpit emergency ax to attack captain in ‘terrorist act’
Gulf state’s top prosecutor says probe into Omani attacker ongoing; Dubai’s crown prince visits wounded captain, says he ’embodied highest degrees of courage, care for human life’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this October 26, 2018 file photo, released by Oman News Agency, Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, left, receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Muscat, Oman. (Oman News Agency via AP)
October 3, 2026, 9:32 am
What is Oman’s relationship with Israel – if any?
The Gulf Sultanate has been thrust into the spotlight after an Omani pilot tried to crash a plane full of Israelis on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
By Tomer Almagor
Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel in a terrorist attack on September 30, 2026, in an undated image from his deleted LinkedIn profile.
October 3, 2026, 3:20 am
Flydubai terrorist named as Hamam al-Hammami; was banned from flying by Oman for suspected extremism
ABC says Omani copilot who stabbed captain has indicated to investigators he intended to crash the plane in Israel; CNN says social media accounts in his name posted videos after the attack showing Israeli planes filmed from other cockpits and including al-Qaeda figures
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Passengers embark on a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 1, 2026, 3:27 pm
UAE says probing whether attack on flydubai flight to Israel was terror
Initial probe into Omani pilot being carried out by Saudis, who will hand him over to Emiratis once done; Herzog recommends presidential medal for Israelis who thwarted attack
By Agencies, ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Sharon Wrobel
A woman stands at the water's edge along the Strait of Hormuz as a plume of smoke rises in the background following an explosion, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
September 14, 2026, 6:02 am
Diplomacy stumbles as meeting on Hormuz between Iran and Gulf states is postponed
Oman cites need for ‘consensus’ as Iran says countries will coordinate future date for planned Monday meeting; Trump again predicts war will end around midterms
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the US State Department, August 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
August 26, 2026, 10:27 am
Rubio says no new Iran offensive for now as US focuses on economic pressure — report
Washington also bent on restoring shipping through Hormuz; Iran and Oman discuss temporary corridor; oil firms begin avoiding vessels on Iranian blacklist of ships
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
A demonstrator draped in an Iranian flag waves the flag of Iran's Lebanese proxy Hezbollah in front of a billboard that depicts US aircraft falling into Iranian forces' fishing nets, alongside the Persian caption, 'The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,' during a pro-government rally at the Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, on May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 18, 2026, 11:37 am
Vessel struck in Hormuz; Iran vows to keep waterway shut until US complies with June deal
Crew casualty reported in attack on ship; data shows Hormuz crossings rose slightly from weekend, but remain in single digits
By Reuters
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a congressional roundtable on anti-fraud initiatives in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)
August 14, 2026, 12:04 pm
Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil
Trump cabinet members say US could keep its Hormuz blockade indefinitely, Iran to face ‘never before seen’ economic isolation; Iran demands payment for spill from tanker it apparently hit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on the American mining industry, at the US State Department in Washington on August 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
August 9, 2026, 3:14 pm
Trump may declare ‘victory’ in Iran without nuclear deal if Hormuz reopens – report
Tehran doubles down on new conditions for opening waterway, denies negotiating with US; Houthis hit Saudi oil facility, Yemen’s Aden-based government
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows a cargo ship anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. (AFPTV/AFP)
August 7, 2026, 9:33 pm
Iran said awaiting top council’s okay for Hormuz accord; US official: ‘We expect a deal soon’
Report says that under temporary deal, Iran and Oman will oversee transit in strait, and ships will not be charged tolls; opposition outlet claims Mojtaba Khamenei in critical condition
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2026. (AP/Fatima Shbair)
August 4, 2026, 4:41 pm
US treasury secretary says deal with Iran to reopen Hormuz could be sealed by Wednesday
Emerging Iran-Oman agreement said to give Tehran unprecedented control over waterway; sources say US has used ‘virtually all’ its long-range precision missiles during war
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)
July 28, 2026, 9:40 am
Ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting, mediators believe US-Iran breakthrough near
Sources say Trump waiting to decide on matter until he’s met with Israeli PM; Iran and Oman have okayed proposal to clarify Hormuz disagreements, revive memorandum of understanding
By Jacob Magid
President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's policy conference, a gathering of conservative Christian activists and leaders, at the Washington Hilton, on June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 26, 2026, 10:47 pm
Trump accuses Iran of ‘foolish’ ceasefire violation by firing on ships in Hormuz
Tehran insists passage must be coordinated with regime, as US and Gulf states demand unimpeded shipping; Katz threatens Iran, in Persian, against hitting Israel; UAE FM holds rare call with Iranian counterpart
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
June 25, 2026, 7:38 pm
Hormuz traffic rebound returns oil to prewar rates, as US reassures wary Gulf allies
Oil dips below prewar price of under $73 a barrel, but number of vessels passing through strait is still below prewar figures; oil tankers use new route through channel despite Iran threats
By Agencies
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