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German police probe Russian link to Bavaria weapons find amid wider incidents
German police are checking whether a weapons stash found in a Bavarian forest has ties to Russia.
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UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea ships
The United Nations Security Council issued a joint statement condemning missile attacks by Yemen's Houthi movement, an armed group backed by Iran, on Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia forms 14-nation alliance to guard Red Sea after tanker attacks
Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries founded a new alliance on July 30, 2026 to protect Red Sea shipping routes after Yemen's Houthi fighters declared a naval blockade and hit several oil tankers.
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Iran breaks weeks-long lull with missile strike, tanker seizures and Iraq air raids
Days after signs Iran's conflict with the US was cooling, fighting flared again on three fronts: Iran fired a missile attack on US forces, which the US says it intercepted; US and Saudi jets bombed Iran-backed militants in Iraq who had launched drone attacks; and Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage carrying much of the world's oil.
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Attacks and threats hit three major sea passages in one week
In one week, three of the world's busiest shipping passages were all in trouble.
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US disables tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Saudi Arabia strikes Yemen
The US disabled a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports as Saudi Arabia struck Yemen and the Houthis vowed retaliation, pulling the world's key oil chokepoint into the war.
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The chokepoint doctrine: from the Red Sea to Beijing's mineral valves, the world learns one rule
Whoever controls a supply chain's narrowest point now sets the price of everyone else's security. This week the pattern showed up in four regions at once.
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Ten nights of strikes, one offramp: mediators float a 10-day Gulf ceasefire
The US-Iran exchange has entered its tenth consecutive night as Houthis threaten Saudi shipping, yet mediators are pushing a 10-day ceasefire — the first concrete offramp in a widening Gulf war.
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Houthis declare immediate 'maritime embargo' on Saudi Arabia
Yemen's Houthi movement announced an immediate maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a Saudi blockade of Yemeni ports and airports, per the BBC. The declaration raises the threat to shipping across the Red Sea and the Gulf.