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Three commercial vessels struck in Hormuz since 1 Oct, UKMTO says

Three commercial vessels struck in Hormuz since 1 Oct, UKMTO says Attacks on commercial ships witnessed a surge during the past three days, as at least three tankers were struck by unidentified projectiles in and around the Strait of Hormuz, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) warnings. Early Saturday, UKMTO reported that a crude oil tanker was hit on its port side approximately 4 nautical miles east of Oman. A day earlier, an outbound vessel suffered a small fire an…

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Hegseth: US blockade of Hormuz ironclad, Iran should make right choice

Hegseth: US blockade of Hormuz ironclad, Iran should make right choice US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “ironclad” and that US President Donald Trump has “all the options he needs on the table” if Iran continues to “play games” with the strait, according to an AP report carried by the Times of Israel. “Iran wants to play games with things like the Strait of Hormuz. They don’t control it, we do,” Hegseth told reporters. “They have liter…

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Iran's warns 'half-a-century-old' UAE over claim on three Gulf islands

Iran's warns 'half-a-century-old' UAE over claim on three Gulf islands Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, has warned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against challenging Tehran and its sovereignty over three islands in the Persian Gulf. In a post on his X account, Velayati dismissed recent claims made by the UAE at the United Nations General Assembly regarding sovereignty over Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa, saying the three islands will rem…

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