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240 cargo ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, Chinese ship transits increase
36 have been successfully passed - Shipping crisis affects 4% of the world's dry cargo
“If we hadn’t carried out the attack on Iran, World War III would have started,” Trump says – Drone struck a hotel in Baghdad, explosions near the US embassy (Update)
Japan and Australia say no to Trump for sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz - Israel bombed oil facilities in Iran, "ecocide", says Araghji - Rocket and drone attack on Baghdad International Airport, flights to Dubai briefly suspended
Over 400 million barrels of oil reserves released to the market by the International Energy Agency
Governments of IEA countries have pledged to make available 271.7 million barrels of oil from government reserves, 116.6 million barrels from industry's mandatory stocks and 23.6 million barrels from other sources
“The war with Iran will end soon, there’s nothing left to target,” Trump says
At the same time, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that operations will continue “without a time limit, for as long as necessary, until all objectives are achieved and a decisive victory is secured."
The Administrative Judges express their concern about the dangerous escalation of the war in the Middle East
The Association of Administrative Judges (AJA) stresses in a statement "the vicious circle of violations of international law that extends to our neighbourhood, with the real victims being the peoples of all the countries involved"