WAR CONFLICT

• Iran's IRGC Claims Supertanker Hit Mine in Strait of Hormuz as Tanker Attacks Hit Highest Level Since March

  An unverified IRGC mine claim, a projectile strike off Saudi Arabia and a UKMTO tally of 12 ships hit in a week deepen the Hormuz shipping crisis as CENTCOM insists the strait is open.

• Ukraine Hits Su-34 Bombers at Borisoglebsk and Ryazan Refinery, Ending Trump's Energy Ceasefire Pause

  Kyiv says Neptune missiles damaged six Russian bombers as satellite imagery confirms at least four hit, while Russia pounds Kirovohrad with nearly 360 drones.

• SpaceX Caps Ukraine's Military Starlink at 100 mph, Disrupting Drone Missions as Musk Points to Washington

  Kyiv says an unannounced Starshield speed limit disrupted drone missions; Musk says the U.S. military and the president decide those limits.

• Strait of Hormuz: Container Ship GFS Pride Sunk as Iran Escalates Attacks, Ties Oil Push to U.S. Midterms

  Singapore confirms the container ship GFS Pride sank after a projectile strike, a second ship was reported sinking, and Iran's Hormuz campaign hit a wartime high as Trump weighs renewed strikes.

• Black Sea Drone Attacks Sink HS Dignity Off Bulgaria, 10 Sailors Missing as Sofia Points to Russia

  Two cargo ships were hit just outside Bulgaria's territorial waters, the second deadly strike on shipping near a NATO coast in a week.

• Saudi-led coalition bombs Houthi fuel sites in Sanaa; attack sets fire at Aramco headquarters in Dhahran

  The Saudi-Houthi war shifts to oil infrastructure as the U.S. restricts its personnel's travel in the kingdom and Trump weighs joining the fight.

• Iran targets the Gulf's ship-to-ship oil shuttle off Oman as it pushes its own Hormuz route

  An analysis of how the U.S.-monitored tanker shuttle works, what tracking data shows about Iran's campaign against it, and the stakes for Washington.

• US jet disables ship running Iran blockade as Hormuz attacks rise and talks stall

  CENTCOM says four ships disabled and 135 turned back since July as Trump rules out new Iran strikes before the midterms.

• Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport kill 14 in two days, including an American, as Trump weighs joining Saudi fight

  Ten attacks on five Saudi airports in a week have shut the kingdom's main hub, rattled oil markets and put U.S. military involvement in Yemen on the table.

• North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles from Pyongyang area; one flies more than 900 km on 'irregular' path

  The launch, Pyongyang's 16th ballistic missile launch this year, came days after South Korea unveiled its first homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle.

• Iran calls U.S. reply on reopening Strait of Hormuz 'insufficient' as tanker attacks continue

  Tehran's security chief says Washington accepted only some of Iran's seven conditions; the Foreign Ministry says a formal reply will go through mediators.