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

Saudi Arabia has drawn two of the Muslim world’s most formidable military powers into its defense as the Iran war moves closer to the kingdom.

In June, Iran and the US signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming to stop fighting, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and reach agreement to end the war within 60 days. The deal quickly fell through, as did diplomatic talks, with tit-for-tat attacks resuming just days after the MoU was signed.

For the new initiative, Vanderbilt University researchers will work to create “digital twins” of water system networks.

Over the last few weeks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine has privately made clear to other top Trump advisers that the US needs to find an off-ramp from the war with Iran — because the military options on the table to escalate the conflict could backfire and airpower alone is unlikely to achieve President Donald Trump’s stated objectives,

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

According to our “Hormuz dependency dashboard”, Iran could indeed monetise the strait. It would be exceedingly difficult to reroute shipments of refined petroleum products or liquefied natural gas. And many of Iran’s Gulf neighbours depend on the waterway for imports such as food.

The Middle East war is widening as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch a spate of attacks on United States’ allies and close yet another key shipping waterway.

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.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a military pact to try to avoid further conflict in a region rocked by the Iran war. Following nearly a year of negotiations, the leaders of the three countries signed a trilateral defence agreement pledging to retaliate together if any of them is attacked.

In talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has vowed to block U.S. Navy ships from using the waterway.