The US military claims to have sunk six small Iranian boats as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
US Admiral Brad Cooper said the navy had eliminated six small boats attempting to interfere with commercial shipping, which he claimed Iran was targeting with cruise missiles. He said US military ships were also being targeted.<\/p>\n
An Iranian military official denied the US navy report, according to Iranian state television.<\/p>\n
It comes after US Central Command denied Iranian claims that two Iranian missiles struck a US warship intending to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Semi-official state news agency Fars said the warship was turned back after it was struck while sailing near Jask island, after Tehran earlier warned it would attack any US boats that entered the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n
US president Donald Trump had vowed to free commercial ships stranded in the waterway as part of so-called \u201cProject Freedom\u201d on Monday morning to \u201cfree up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iran had afterwards warned that \u201cany foreign armed forces, especially the aggressive US army, will be attacked\u201d if they approach the Strait.<\/p>\n
Pictured: A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran<\/p>\n
(Reuters)Bryony Gooch5 May 2026 03:00<\/p>\n
US claims to sink six Iranian boats as Trump moves to reopen HormuzBryony Gooch5 May 2026 02:00<\/p>\n
Watch: Trump tells Fox that Iran will be ‘blown off the face of the earth’ if military targets ships in StraitTrump tells Fox that Iran will be ‘blown off the face of the earth’ if military targets ships in StraitBryony Gooch5 May 2026 01:00<\/p>\n
Aragchi: events in Hormuz show no military solution to the crisisIran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said \u2060events in the Strait of \u2060Hormuz \u200bshowed \u2060there was \u2060no military solution \u200bto \u2060the crisis, \u200cadding that talks were \u200cmaking progress with \u200cPakistan’s mediation while \u2060warning the United States and the United Arab Emirates against \u200cbeing drawn \u200binto \u200ca “quagmire \u2060by ill-wishers.”<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch5 May 2026 00:00<\/p>\n
Fire extinguished on South Korean shipperSouth Korean shipper \u2060HMM said on Tuesday that the \u2060fire \u200bon \u2060its vessel \u2060in the Strait \u200bof \u2060Hormuz \u200chas been extinguished.<\/p>\n
The ship \u200cwill be \u200ctowed to \u2060a nearby port in Dubai, the company said, adding no \u200ccasualties have \u200bbeen \u200creported \u2060so \u2060far.<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 23:30<\/p>\n
Oil jumps, stocks drop as Iran tightens grip on Strait of HormuzOil prices jumped 6 per cent on Monday and stocks fell as Iran escalated its military campaign, hitting several ships in the Strait of Hormuz and \u2060setting a United Arab Emirates oil port ablaze.<\/p>\n
Brent futures rose $6.27, or 5.8%, to settle at $114.44 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $4.48, or 4.4 per cent, to settle at $106.42. The moves came after US president Donald Trump pledged over the weekend that the US Navy would force the strait open, provoking the war’s biggest escalation since a ceasefire was declared four weeks ago.<\/p>\n
The Strait of Hormuz, \u2060through which roughly a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil \u200band \u2060gas normally flows, has been severely disrupted for two months.<\/p>\n
US stocks fell broadly, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.13 per cent, the S&P 500 0.41 per cent lower, and the Nasdaq Composite off 0.19 per cent.<\/p>\n
The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.99 per cent. Germany’s 10-year bond \u200cyield, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, rose 5 basis points to 3.08 per cent. Markets in London were closed for a public holiday.<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 23:00<\/p>\n
UAE confronted 19 missiles and drones from Iran on MondayThe United Arab Emirates defence ministry says it confronted 12 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles and four drones fired by Iran on Monday.<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 22:00<\/p>\n
Saudi crown prince condemns Iranian attacksSaudi Arabia\u2019s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned Iran\u2019s \u201cunjustified\u201d attacks on the United Arab Emirates in a phone call with the UAE president, according to the Saudi state news agency.<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 21:51<\/p>\n
US claims to have reopened a lane through the straitThe US.-led Joint Maritime Information Center had advised ships Monday to cross the strait in Oman\u2019s waters, saying it had set up an \u201cenhanced security area.\u201d<\/p>\n
Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, told reporters that American forces have successfully opened a passage through the strait that is free of Iranian mines. He said Iran launched multiple cruise missiles, drones and small boats at civilian ships under the U.S. military\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n
US military helicopters sank six of the small boats, Cooper said, adding that \u201ceach and every\u201d threat had been defeated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US commanders who are on the scene have all the authority necessary to defend their unit and to defend commercial shipping — as we saw and demonstrated earlier today,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n
Trump had warned Sunday that Iranian efforts to halt passage through the strait \u201cwill, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 21:30<\/p>\n
Trump says gasoline prices will drop once Iran conflict resolvedPresident \u2060Donald Trump said \u2060on \u200bMonday \u2060that \u2060he \u200bbelieves \u2060high \u200cgasoline prices will \u200cdrop rapidly \u200conce \u2060the Iran conflict is resolved.<\/p>\n
Bryony Gooch4 May 2026 21:08<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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