Iran's military stressed that the crucial waterway would only be reopened when the U.S. accepts Iran's conditions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sits down with 12News journalist Mark Curtis in Arizona for an interview. REPORTER: There are some who have speculated the Strait will never go back to being the way it was before.

Iran's parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other "hostile countries" from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration has rejected the plan.

Crude oil prices rose Thursday after Iranian state news published a draft plan with restrictive conditions for ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch fresh attacks on Saudi-backed government troops, says Yemeni state media, as Cruz says Trump must seek "regime collapse."

The war in the Persian Gulf has taken another turn as a new alliance has come to pass in West Asia. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye, three largely Sunni-Muslim nations, have come together to make defence pact amid rising escalation and threats from Iran.