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 floated 10-day ceasefire has not held: US strikes reach a 13th night, Trump threatens a 'bigger' offensive, and oil above $100 turns a regional war into a worldwide price shock.
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.
Kuwait says it is intercepting Iranian drones and explosions have been heard in Bahrain, drawing two more Gulf states directly into a conflict that until now centred on Israel, Iran and US forces. US strikes continued for a ninth straight night and Brent crude broke $90.
Iran threatened to resume full-scale offensive operations and renewed strikes on Gulf states after a seventh consecutive night of US airstrikes, France 24 and Reuters reported.
For the seventh night running, US forces struck Iran as fighting over the Strait of Hormuz escalated. What is new is the target set: reporting now describes both sides hitting civilian infrastructure, raising the humanitarian and energy stakes of a conflict already parked on the world's most important oil chokepoint.
US strikes on Iran extended overnight to bridges, an airport and a railway station, Iranian media said, as Kuwait reported damage to an electrical and desalination plant and Cathay Cargo postponed Riyadh freighter services.
From the Strait of Hormuz to Lockheed's expanding missile lines to Ukraine's battle-tested electricity grid, the world is converging on a single question: what does it cost when a chokepoint closes? The states that control energy corridors and arms production are quietly setting the answer.
Brent is up around 10% since talks with Iran collapsed and Hormuz traffic has slowed to a crawl. Across Europe and the United States, states are treating energy, munitions and deterrence as supply chains to be secured rather than markets to be trusted. The common thread is the pricing of risk.
The US military launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday as President Donald Trump threatened to hit bridges and power plants next week absent talks, and Tehran threatened to block additional trade routes.
President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iranian civilian targets as the United States resumed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran fired on US bases in the region, sharply widening a confrontation that days ago centred on passage tolls.