Matthew Mulligan

The international oil benchmark Brent crude rose again to 2.7% with traffic through the crucial waterway at a trickle compared with its peacetime flow.

The conflict appeared to draw in new countries, as Egypt confirmed that a drone hit two natural gas vessels at one of its ports.

The earthquake, which had an epicenter in the southwest part of the country, was measured at magnitude 6.8 and a depth of 10 kilometers, or just over 6 miles.

The United States launched a fresh barrage of strikes on Iran overnight as President Donald Trump threatened a major new escalation after Tehran opened a second front in its pressure campaign on the world economy.

There is a ceasefire in Gaza.

Far from easing the crisis over a key global trade route, Iran has now moved to create another critical chokepoint.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed to a near standstill, data showed, as increasing Iranian attacks and the U.S. naval blockade choke traffic.

Officers were trying to serve an administrative warrant for someone other than Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Rep. Sylvia Garcia said.

U.S. Central Command said it launched additional strikes against Iran on Saturday, a further test of the fragile ceasefire agreement signed by both countries

A trickle of marine traffic was passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday despite an attack on a ship in the vital waterway a day earlier, as Iran reiterated its warnings for ships to follow a Tehran-approved route

Iran warned that any ship not following its approved route in the strait “will be dealt with accordingly.”