The Turkish president’s visit is a sign of thaw with a key ally that buys Israeli weapons and ships oil to Israel through Turkey, a day after a call with Trump on Iran and Ukraine.
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted missiles aimed at Riyadh, while more than 50 people were killed in Yemen in one of the deadliest 24 hours of the war.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say tankers on an unauthorized route were hit by explosions, while the US military says it fired on a cargo vessel that tried to breach its blockade of Iran.
Isaac Herzog’s choice of the Yashar party leader deals a major setback to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after Israel’s largest Arab party grouping backed Eisenkot.
Central Command says the new task force will target Iran’s overland weapons and revenue routes, widening a naval blockade that US forces say they enforced by disabling a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.
A senior Iranian official described the offer as Iranian officials reviewed mediators’ proposals and Trump said a decision on resuming all-out war would come soon.
Tehran’s forces reported more damaged ships on Thursday, claims that remain unverified, as oil markets weighed a waterway where crude flows had recovered close to pre-war levels.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the vessels caught fire after using routes it does not authorise, while an Iranian official said ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar are exempt from its restrictions.
Tehran welcomed the midterm results while its supreme leader said US hostility will persist whichever party holds power.
The claim came as Tehran exempted ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar from its transit restrictions and oil traded above $100 a barrel.
US officials called Monday’s limited strikes near the Strait of Hormuz defensive, oil rebounded from a steep selloff, and both sides signalled that a deal remains possible but distant.
Iran’s president says the supreme leader has authorised talks with the US, sending crude and gas sharply lower while Trump says there is “no rush” to decide on renewed strikes.
Oil fell on hopes for diplomacy, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said two tankers exploded on mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
At the Manama Dialogue, the UAE’s presidential adviser said military solutions offer no quick off-ramps, while Abu Dhabi hopes for a US-Iran deal and prepares for the worst.
Trump wants to let Qatar-mediated talks play out for now, while Israel is reported ready for renewed fighting and Iranian officials send mixed signals on the strait.
Iran says the ships were using unauthorised routes, as attacks on shipping in a conflict that has killed at least 24 civilian seafarers continue.
Gulf states are scrambling to keep the conflict from their doorstep, and the UAE says it hopes for a breakthrough but is braced for the worst.
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council said disruption in the two straits threatens global economic interests, as the Saudi-led coalition reported intercepting a Houthi drone near Mecca.
Iran’s supreme leader met all his top commanders for the first publicly disclosed time since the war began, while mediation moves to Doha on Saturday.
Iran confirmed receiving a letter from Vice President JD Vance seeking renewed talks, while Washington looks to former Revolutionary Guards leader Rezaei as its best channel.
An apparent shift to close-range attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has put oil on course for a fourth straight monthly gain.
The White House meeting came days before the 3 November midterm elections, with many inside the administration skeptical about resuming military operations.
A British maritime agency reported a vessel on fire north of Khasab, while it was not clear when the incidents Iran described took place or which flags the tankers flew.
Qatar is pressing Tehran to admit UN inspectors in exchange for sanctions relief, while Washington moves air defences and a Houthi attack on a Saudi refinery lifts oil.
With about half the votes counted, the prime minister’s bloc leads but lacks a majority, and coalition wrangling has begun.
Iran’s navy reported the mine strike, and US Central Command called an IRGC commander’s claim of a US withdrawal false.
The Tehran-created Persian Gulf Strait Authority singled out the South Korean shipping company in a month of record attacks on merchant ships.
Mojtaba Khamenei met his security chief after talks with Mecca pact countries, according to Iranian state media, while Brent slipped to $114.93.
At least two-thirds of the chamber backed sending military help to the Saudis, drawing Egypt directly into a fight that endangers the gateway to the Suez Canal.
The prime minister is fighting for political survival in Tuesday’s election, with the White House reportedly reading his lobbying as a sign of desperation.
The first significant meeting between Iran and the three members of the Mecca Pact comes as traders weigh diplomacy against attacks on Saudi Arabia.
The US military says more than 95% of ships now pass Hormuz safely, while shipping monitors and regional reports describe a strait that remains severely disrupted.
The US president ruled out a Sunday attack while Qatar’s mediators began a US-coordinated effort in Tehran, and Iran said it shot down an American drone over Bandar Abbas.
US Central Command has options ready for renewed strikes if the White House authorises them, while Iranian officials threaten Israel, US forces and the undersea cables beneath the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran’s ambassador to Pakistan says Iran has offered to reopen the strait, conditional on action by Washington, as foreign ministers meeting in Istanbul press for diplomacy.
The president has endorsed the prime minister, but some of his advisers see openings for his Middle East agenda under another leader, as the architects of the Iran war prepare to face voters.
The UN ambassador’s interview signalled preparation for a prolonged standoff, at odds with the president’s calls for an early end; Waltz later disputed how his remarks were portrayed.
A slick from an attacked tanker has closed beaches in Sharjah, while Brent sits at a five-month high and physical Gulf crude trades at a discount.
Speaking at an officer graduation ceremony, the Israeli prime minister ordered the army and Mossad to pursue the overthrow of Iran’s leadership, according to accounts of the speech.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed strikes and mine hits on seven ships overnight and warned Washington of a wider response, even as Gulf oil exports run above their pre-war level.
Plans for a post-election air campaign, embassy drawdowns in the Gulf and a large Israeli sortie toward Iran’s border point to rising odds that the war resumes after 3 November.
More than 24 million barrels a day left the region through Hormuz and other routes in the week to 18 October, but attacks on ships and soaring freight costs kept crude rising.
London says the aircraft will protect Saudi cities and critical infrastructure, widening Western involvement in a war that is spreading across the Gulf.
Tehran says its enriched nuclear material stays at home, and officials say they are stretching out the stalemate to weigh on the US midterm elections.
The Revolutionary Guards said the ships used routes Tehran considers illegal, as US crude jumped and Washington maintained that Gulf flows were recovering.
Iran’s foreign minister used a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart to put responsibility for the strait on the United States while repeating an offer to reopen it.
Iranian officials told the Washington Post their government wants prices painful through the US midterms.
Axios reports it as the first explicit public endorsement by a US president of a candidate in an Israeli election.
Iran’s foreign minister wants conditions met and guarantees against new attacks; the US war secretary answers with an ultimatum.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported a second supertanker ablaze on Saturday, while the US military published transit figures that contradict Tehran’s closure claim.
Admiral Brad Cooper said Iran-aligned militias are now sending money back to the Revolutionary Guards instead of receiving it.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps says a tanker carrying more than two million barrels exploded on a naval mine and declared the strait shut; US Central Command says it is open.
The Journal reports that Tehran is supplying the intelligence behind Houthi attacks on the kingdom, while Iran’s foreign ministry denies any role.
American crude broke above $100 on Friday and reached levels not seen in a month, while US Central Command said it has blocked $25 billion of Iranian oil exports.
BBC Verify counted 12 vessels struck in a single week in data from a UK maritime agency, and US crude traded near $98 as traders weighed further supply disruption.
Attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz reached their highest level since the war began, while US Central Command rejected Iran’s assertion that it controls the waterway.
Oil rose as a reported strike on the state oil company’s headquarters added to the risk premium already built on Gulf shipping.
The vessel is the first reported total loss in the waterway, and accounts differ on whether it hit a mine or was struck by a projectile.
The cartel cut its demand growth forecast again while Tokyo backed help for refiners paying to route crude around the Gulf.
Six vessels were hit in a single day, and both Fitch and the IMF now assume the strait stays shut into next year.
The UK’s first formal attribution of the RAF Fairford incident came with a joint statement and a summons for Tehran’s ambassador.
A second strike on Riyadh’s airport killed one more person and took the death toll to 13, the United States told its airlines to use caution in Saudi airspace, and energy executives including BlackRock’s Larry Fink dropped out of conferences in the kingdom.
Tehran’s security chief says seven conditions remain unmet and that no negotiations will take place, while a tanker was hit by a projectile in the strait on 11 October.
Saudi authorities put the toll from the missile attack on Riyadh’s airport at 12 dead and more than 300 wounded, and Washington is weighing strikes on the Houthis in response.
Central Command says it disabled a vessel that ignored warnings to stay out of the blockade, and Tehran has promised a response.
The Revolutionary Guards say a crude supertanker exploded after striking a naval mine, while US Central Command says it has redirected 133 commercial vessels and freight rates hit a record.
Iran’s IRGC navy claimed a series of tanker attacks and said vessels off its designated routes would be pursued anywhere in the region.
The latest designations under Operation Economic Outcast target companies, individuals and vessels moving Iranian crude, and expose foreign banks that handle the transactions to secondary sanctions.
Crude prices raced higher after explosions in the Saudi capital, airlines suspended flights, and the cost of hiring a very large crude carrier topped $77 million.
The president ruled out strikes ahead of the November 3 elections while pledging to keep the maritime blockade in place.
Baghdad cut the currency after disruption at the strait hit the government’s main source of income.
The order carries no date, and Trump says a deal with Tehran is not something he wants to do.
Washington and Tehran issued directly opposing accounts of who controls the strait on the same day.
The cost of moving Gulf crude is climbing faster than the barrel price as attacks on shipping increase.
Control of the Red Sea’s southern gate is contested while missiles reach Aden and the area north of Riyadh.
Attacks on shipping in and around the strait injured crew on at least one tanker and left Gulf crude and condensate exports well below normal.
Shipping incidents in the Strait of Hormuz are accelerating while oil flows rebound, pulling freight risk and crude prices in opposite directions.
Tehran says the strait stays closed until its seven conditions are met, while Washington widens sanctions on Iranian airlines and the banks that serve them.
Yemen’s government says it has recovered the Red Sea chokepoint less than a month after losing it, with about 100 coalition jets flying cover.
Flows through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered but the shipping risk has not, and Brent still trades above $100 a barrel.
Vice President Vance chaired an unannounced session on the Iran war and the Saudi-Houthi conflict, three US officials told Axios.
Saudi-backed government forces moved against the Houthis on Sunday as the group claimed missile strikes on Aramco sites inside Saudi Arabia.
Tehran says the waterway stays closed until the United States meets seven conditions, while attacks on shipping continue.
Riyadh and Yemeni government forces are planning a counteroffensive against the Houthis, and Washington has declined to join it for now.
Two additional Patriot batteries now guard an oil facility in Saudi Arabia and a gas site in Qatar as Washington builds up force in the Gulf.
A British maritime agency reported two more tankers hit by unidentified projectiles, with crude close to $100.
Attacks on shipping are continuing even as Gulf oil flows and LNG traffic recover toward prewar levels.
Washington sent two additional Patriot batteries to protect Saudi and Qatari oil and gas facilities as Trump said he is weighing renewed strikes on Iran.
Producers and shipping have restored Gulf flows, pulling Brent back toward $96 while Tehran ties a formal reopening to US guarantees.
Shipping intelligence reported three Liberian-flagged tankers hit by unknown projectiles while transiting the strait, even as crude flows through the chokepoint returned to near prewar levels.
Crude shipments through the strait have largely recovered while refined-fuel movements have not, and Qatari mediation has produced little.
Gulf producers are pushing crude through and around the Strait of Hormuz at close to prewar volumes, easing the supply premium in the oil price.
Brent crude rose above $106 after Washington turned down Tehran’s conditional plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and a very large crude carrier was struck.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it commands the strait; US Central Command says Iran no longer has a navy.
Washington turned down Tehran’s truce proposal for reopening the strait, leaving the chokepoint contested and crude higher.
Washington turned down Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the naval blockade, and Iran says it has still not received a formal answer.
Tehran offered to reopen the strait and resume nuclear talks within a week in return for sanctions steps; Washington refused, and Iran says it will await a formal reply.
Riyadh told the United Nations that the Strait of Hormuz must return to its pre-war status without tolls, while Yemen’s government lost control of the Red Sea chokepoint.
The president said he turned down a proposal that would have opened the waterway within a week in exchange for lifting the US naval blockade.
Tehran says the choice now rests with Washington, while one report describes officials discussing a phased deal instead.
Iraq has halted Iranian flights at all four of its airports, and an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader has warned that neighbouring countries’ aviation could be disrupted in response.
Tehran has given Washington a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week of its conditions being accepted, and negotiators are exploring a phased deal.
An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said Tehran could open a new front if the United States or Israel strikes again, and oil rose as hopes of a Strait of Hormuz deal faded.
A bulk carrier was struck near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, killing one crew member, while traffic through the waterway stayed close to nothing.
Tehran has floated conditions for restoring traffic through the chokepoint, and oil fell as American and Iranian officials completed a round of indirect talks at the United Nations.
Tehran has submitted conditions for reopening the strait as commodity traffic through it fell to two vessels in a day.
Tehran has put the world’s most important oil chokepoint on the table in exchange for an easing of US military pressure.
Increased Saudi shipments through the strait and the prospect of US-Iran talks pushed crude to its longest run of declines since June.
Secondary sanctions on aviation services take effect on 23 September, aimed at foreign airports, fuel suppliers and banks rather than at Iranian aircraft themselves.
Two agencies counted weekend traffic through the strait differently, and both counts point down while US Central Command describes the opposite trend.
Tehran has published terms for resuming negotiations with Washington and says the strait stays shut until commitments made in June are honoured.
Tehran says the strait stays closed until its conditions are met; CENTCOM says American forces escorted more than a billion barrels of crude in two months.
US Central Command says traffic through the strait is at a six-month high under a naval blockade that has cut Iran’s own crude exports to zero.
The kingdom issued its first air raid alerts for the capital since the Houthis escalated, while fighting continued around the Red Sea strait.
The WTO’s chief says global trade faces its worst disruption in 80 years as container rates and diesel prices set records.
Two vessels were attacked in the strait on Friday while Central Command said it had redirected 105 commercial ships since the naval blockade began.
Rome is deploying its navy to the southern Red Sea chokepoint after Houthi forces seized most of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline in a matter of days.
The IRGC Navy says it hit the tanker Trend for attempting an illegal passage, in a strait where crossings are already down to single digits.
Crude fell for a second day on rerouted Saudi exports and a repair estimate, not on any change to the blockade itself.
Vessel transits through the world’s most important oil chokepoint have collapsed even as CENTCOM insists the strait remains open.
The UN Security Council met in emergency session as Yemen’s Red Sea coastline changed hands and Saudi Arabia closed its East-West pipeline.
With Hormuz already closed, Qatar says losing the Red Sea chokepoint as well would be catastrophic for the entire world.
Chris Wright told CNBC that the outage on the line bypassing the Strait of Hormuz will be measured in days rather than weeks.
The loss of the main route around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz has pushed crude higher and forced Riyadh back through the waterway it built the pipeline to avoid.
A postponed Gulf meeting, a closed Saudi export line and Houthi gains near the Red Sea chokepoint kept crude and diesel bid through Monday.
A vessel strike in the strait, a postponed ministerial meeting and a closed export line pushed crude to its highest in months.
The capture of Mokha and Mayun leaves two of the world’s energy chokepoints in hostile hands and tanker freight repricing.
Gulf diplomats and Iranian officials meet in Oman on a temporary shipping lane through the strait, and the United States is not at the table.
Accounts from several outlets describe a faction that fired on shipping in defiance of Iran’s president and its Revolutionary Guard chief.
United States Central Command puts the tally at 100 vessels rerouted over 60 days and says no ship has passed without permission, turning a wartime measure into a standing cost on Gulf trade.
Iranian state media and a British navy-affiliated monitor both report a fresh attack inside the Gulf’s main oil chokepoint, with the accounts diverging on timing, casualties and blame.
Ship traffic through the southern Red Sea strait has halved, and the pipeline built to route Saudi crude around Hormuz is now offline.
The East-West line was the kingdom’s main workaround for a blocked Strait of Hormuz, and it is now offline after drones launched from Iraq set it alight.
Protection through the strait is now available only at set times, and transits have fallen to single digits.
The first sign of diplomacy over the world’s most important oil chokepoint moved crude further than any macro release this week.
Vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to seven in a day, even as Washington says it has loosened Iran’s grip on the waterway.
Iran-backed Houthi fighters have captured the island that divides the Bab el-Mandeb strait into its two shipping lanes, completing their hold on Yemen’s Red Sea coast.
Iran-aligned forces took the Red Sea port city and are advancing south, bringing a second maritime chokepoint into play alongside Hormuz.
The Revolutionary Guard says it hit the Al-Azraq base used by US forces in Jordan, while US Central Command rejects a separate Iranian claim about two Navy destroyers.
The biggest wave of attacks on Gulf shipping since the war began came with an expanded blockade area and disputed claims about what was hit.
Crude returned to triple digits after US forces destroyed five Iranian tankers and Iran struck back at shipping and at a base in Jordan.
Missile and drone attacks on Aramco facilities put the main bypass route for a blocked Strait of Hormuz under direct pressure.
Transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen to their lowest level since May while Houthi attacks on Saudi energy sites push oil toward $100.
Abu Dhabi says its energy exports will not be held hostage by the Iran war and is constructing alternative trade and energy corridors.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz will be declared within days, after American strikes on three Iranian vessels.
Shipping data show the fewest daily transits of the Strait of Hormuz since May, while Gulf exporters build alternative routes and US consumers absorb a rising fuel cost.
Washington and Tehran attacked each other’s vessels over the weekend, and Iran says it will declare a restricted maritime zone around the Strait of Hormuz within days.
Indian refiners filled the gap on the eastern route into Europe as Russian and US flows fell away.
CENTCOM destroyed one tanker and disabled two others after Iranian missiles were fired at two US warships.