Palestine
Colombia set to resume relations with Israel under de la Espriella
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, will fully restore his country's diplomatic and economic relations with Israel from the moment he takes office on August 7, his transition office said.
Iran confirms mediator ceasefire proposals as it vows to fight on against US
Iran's foreign ministry has confirmed receiving ceasefire proposals from mediators, including a reported Qatari 10-day plan, while insisting the collapsed US memorandum contained no ambiguity and vowing to document American strikes.
Iran hits targets in three Gulf countries and Jordan as seventh night amid American strikes
Iran struck US military targets in four countries, hitting a fuel pier in Kuwait and an air base in Bahrain, as a seventh night of American strikes on Iran's Gulf coast cut water supplies and destroyed bridges.
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Iran says two tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz as US denies claim
Iran claims two tankers exploded in a mined corridor south of the Strait of Hormuz, a claim the US military denies, as attacks on shipping push Brent above $84 and traffic through the chokepoint collapses.
Hormuz stays closed until US accepts Iranian rule of the strait, Iran's army says
Iran's army says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington accepts Iranian legal authority over the waterway, confirming strikes on shipping and warning Gulf neighbours that hosting US forces will not go unanswered.
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Iran claims strikes on weapons depots in Bahrain, drones in Kuwait
Iran's IRGC says it struck weapons depots at Bahrain's Sheikh Isa base and drones at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem base under Operation Nasr 2, retaliation it says will continue while US strikes persist.
Tankers stack up off Fujairah as Hormuz becomes contested chokepoint
Ship-tracking data shows tankers clustering at anchorages off Fujairah, Khor Fakkan and Sohar rather than transiting the Strait of Hormuz, as a US cargo levy, Iranian tolls and mining claims turn the waterway into a contested chokepoint.
Iranian parliament tables 'Hormuz security bill'
Iran's parliament has formally tabled a bill to entrench Tehran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, with the chamber's national security chief claiming US drones were downed overnight and warning that further measures are coming.
Iran's IRGC says two supertankers struck and disabled in mined Hormuz corridor
Two supertankers were hit and disabled after transiting a mined corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, hours after Washington declared a blockade on Iranian shipping and a 20% cargo levy.
Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade on Iranian shipping, imposes 20% transit levy on all cargo
Washington will bar Iranian vessels and their customers from the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20% levy on all other cargo transiting the chokepoint, which carries a fifth of global oil, in a sharp escalation of the US-Iran conflict.
Iran keeps door open to US talks as Hormuz crisis deepens
Iran says diplomacy remains active and contacts with Pakistan, Qatar and Oman are continuing, even as it accuses the US of wrecking the ceasefire memorandum and blocking safe passage through Hormuz.
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Iran says it has established safe maritime corridor through Hormuz
Iran says it has established a temporary safe maritime corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and notified the IMO, accusing the US of pushing vessels towards a dangerous southern route.
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Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority declares Hormuz transit 'impossible'
Iran's newly created Persian Gulf Strait Authority has declared transit through the Strait of Hormuz impossible, citing US military activity and formalising the closure of the world's most important oil chokepoint.
Iran-Oman Hormuz talks overtaken by escalation as Tehran closes strait
Iran and Oman discussed Hormuz shipping security in Muscat hours before Iran closed the strait and struck US bases and Gulf states, after CENTCOM said the US hit around 140 targets in Iran.
COMMENT: America and Iran are fighting a stochastic war
The US-Iran conflict has become a war of probabilities, with both sides deliberately randomising. The theory behind it runs from Schelling's Nobel-winning deterrence work to Nixon's madman doctrine, and it carries a flaw.
US strike on Iranian railway bridge hits China-Russia trade corridor near Turkmenistan
The US struck a railway bridge in Iran's Golestan province on the China-Iran-Russia rail corridor in one of the deepest US strikes inside Iran since the conflict began.
UPDATE: Revolutionary Guards says it hit US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain as US strikes across Iran
Iran's IRGC says it struck four US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, naming Arifjan, Ali al-Salem, Jufair and Sheikh Isa, in what it called a punitive response to renewed US strikes on Iran.
Bitcoin falls below $62,000 as US-Iran conflict escalates
Bitcoin has fallen below $62,000 as a fresh exchange of strikes between the US and Iran drives investors from risk assets, after Trump said the ceasefire was over.
Iran negotiator Ghalibaf accuses US of major memorandum violations
Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has accused the US of major violations of the two countries' memorandum, listing strikes, oil sanctions and threats, as the ceasefire unravels.
Tel Aviv insurers, clean-tech fall as Iran escalation hits markets
Israeli insurance and clean-energy stocks fell sharply as renewed US strikes on Iran hit Tel Aviv markets, with oil up almost 7% and the shekel weakening, while Nayax dropped on a cyber breach.