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European fuel prices rise again as new Hormuz Strait tensions push Brent above 90 dollars
US Central Command confirmed strikes on dozens of Iranian military targets today, including missile and drone facilities and Revolutionary Guard naval assets, as tanker attacks in the Hormuz Strait send oil prices climbing sharply again
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment before Senate committee on Covid origins
Fauci refused to answer questions during his Senate testimony on Wednesday, repeatedly invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination as Senator Rand Paul had his lawyer removed from the hearing room amid escalating tension
Turkey still short of legal requirements for potential F-35 delivery, State Department tells Congress
Washington maintains no F-35 transfer can proceed until Ankara meets statutory conditions on the S-400, according to a State Department letter responding to Democratic Congressman Wesley Bell's inquiry to the White House
Saudi Arabia edges toward the nuclear threshold with Trump’s deal reshaping Middle East balance of power
Washington has approved a 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement allowing US firms into Saudi Arabia's atomic energy sector, paving the way for uranium enrichment on Saudi soil without the safeguards imposed on the UAE in 2009
Houthis open a second war front: Threat of a Saudi Arabia blockade brings new risk to oil
Yemen's Houthi movement has declared a naval blockade of Saudi ports, warning tankers to stay away as Riyadh weighs how to respond to a group it fought to a costly stalemate over nearly a decade
Video: US halts tanker with Hellfire missiles as shipping in the Persian Gulf goes on ‘red alert’
Analysts warn of an increased risk of Iranian retaliation following the renewed enforcement of the US naval blockade against vessels linked to Iranian trade
Middle East on the brink of new war as US President threatens sustained bombing campaign, Iran vows to strike US targets
US forces have carried out a fourth straight night of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz as a renewed naval blockade takes hold, while Tehran fires missiles and drones at American allies across the Gulf
UAE condemns Iranian tanker strikes as “clear violation of international law” amid third night of US attacks on Iran
A fire broke out on the two ships but was brought under control - Washington says the strikes are curbing Iran's ability to target "innocent civilians and commercial vessels" in the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump vowed Tehran would be hit hard
Europe left with under 30 days of jet fuel reserves as Hormuz tensions resurface
Analysts expect fuel tightness to persist through August as renewed strikes near the Strait of Hormuz threaten a fragile Iran ceasefire, leaving Britain, France and Germany most exposed to further disruption
New revelations over cancelled Balogun red card: FIFA disciplinary committee chairman acted alone, The Times reveals
The Times reports that FIFA disciplinary committee chairman Mohammad Al Kamali, from the United Arab Emirates, took the decision unilaterally, without consulting any of the panel's other 17 members, before facing questions from BBC journalists
