U.S. and Iran Both Claim Control of the Strait of Hormuz as Tanker Attacks Hit Record Pace

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

Tehran's first joint meeting with the Mecca pact states produced only a pledge to keep talking, as Pezeshkian heads to Moscow and oil dips.

The IRGC says seven ships were set ablaze or mined and threatens U.S. bases; no independent body has confirmed a single hit, and Trump says Tehran is faking them to lift oil before the midterms.

The State Department's ordered departure, a reported troop drawdown in Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait, and new IRGC tanker claims signal Washington is shrinking its Gulf exposure as Trump weighs strikes.

Araghchi says Tehran and Qatari mediators cut the reopening timetable to two days, but only if Washington lifts sanctions, trims forces and frees Iranian funds.

The first successful limpet mine strike of the war sets a tanker's engine room ablaze off Oman as Brent tops $117 and Washington weighs strikes after the midterms.

A jet-powered drone hit a platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound train in one of the deadliest days for Ukrainian civilians in weeks.

Five days before the midterms, Tehran disputes a Qatari draft deal, CENTCOM tallies $47.1 billion in costs and Washington readies Gulf allies for a possible short, intense campaign.

Cairo's parliament gave el-Sisi a defensive mandate for the kingdom as the Saudi-Houthi war threatens Gulf oil exports and the Suez Canal.