The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has temporarily suspended its evacuation operation in the Strait of Hormuz following an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, the United Nations agency said, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

“I have decided to temporarily pause its implementation in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region,” IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement.

He said...