
US Underestimated Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Threat, Expert Warns Amid Escalation
An expert warns the US failed to take Iran’s Strait of Hormuz threat seriously, as tensions rise and fears grow over potential disruption to global oil shipping.
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An expert warns the US failed to take Iran’s Strait of Hormuz threat seriously, as tensions rise and fears grow over potential disruption to global oil shipping.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The IRGC has claimed that American naval forces “lack the courage to approach the Persian Gulf”, asserting that the Strait of Hormuz remains under complete Iranian control. This comes in response to Donald Trump saying that the US had “completely decimated” Iran's navy.

At least 16 people were killed and around 130 injured after a Russian drone strike hit a shopping centre in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih, according to Ukrainian authorities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as a deliberate strike, alleging that a second attack targeted people responding to the initial strike.

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The diplomatic signal comes as Iran-backed Houthi forces push deeper into Yemen's highlands and tensions rise around the Red Sea and Gulf.

India has strongly criticised the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) after it called for sanctions against the RSS, with the Ministry of External Affairs accusing the organisation of being biased and lacking credibility.

Decorated former IAF Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who rose to prominence after the 2019 India-Pakistan aerial confrontation, has reportedly joined Goa-based regional airline FLY91 as a pilot.

Two men were injured after a 27-year-old man allegedly attacked them with a screwdriver inside a gurdwara in Edmonton, Canada. Police said the suspect had been released from jail just a day earlier and are investigating whether the attack was hate-motivated.

Fuel prices rise sharply in India as Nayara Energy increases petrol and diesel rates, triggering panic buying amid global supply disruptions linked to the Iran-US conflict.

A Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia that killed a 19-year-old university student and two others has raised fresh concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in warfare after experts said the drone may have selected its final target autonomously.

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has offered to step down from two Congress positions after the Enforcement Directorate raided the residence of his personal aide Chandan Singh Jeena in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in a 2016 UKSSSC recruitment examination.

The United States remains the world’s strongest financial centre, while the UK and Hong Kong continue to dominate specific areas of banking and capital markets, according to a decade-long analysis by New Financial.

The Trump administration has launched an “economic D-Day” campaign aimed at isolating Iran from the global economy, putting pressure on major trading partners including China, the UAE, Turkey, Iraq and India.