Day News Recap: Iran tensions jolt markets as strikes, tanker attacks and fresh regional violence mount

Oil prices jumped after attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz disrupted traffic through one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, adding to fears of a wider regional shock. Brent crude rose sharply and later hit a two week high as traders priced in the risk of further supply disruption.  🔗  🔗

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Donald Trump deepened the market turmoil by saying the ceasefire with Iran was over and warning that further US air strikes could follow, comments he made at the NATO summit in Ankara. He also said he was willing to consider selling F 35 fighter jets to Turkey and lifting US sanctions, a move that reopened a long running dispute with Israel and other allies over the aircraft.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight, with strikes on Kyiv and other cities killing at least three people, including a 15 year old boy and his mother, according to local officials. The assaults came as leaders gathered at the NATO summit and ahead of Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.  🔗  🔗

Pakistan faced a sharp rise in violence in Balochistan, where the military said rebel attacks had killed 42 people since Monday. Separately, wreckage from a K2 Airways cargo Boeing 737 that disappeared near Karachi was found in the Arabian Sea, confirming the aircraft had crashed after losing contact on approach.  🔗  🔗

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Across the Middle East, Damascus tightened security after a series of blasts, including a later coordinated attack that killed at least one person. In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a car in Sabra killed a Palestinian aid worker and three others, while a lawyer said a detained Gaza doctor had been severely beaten in Israeli custody.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Iran’s public messaging also remained in focus, with state funeral coverage offering a rare glimpse of figures Tehran wants to present as central to its power structure. Funeral ceremonies for the slain supreme leader continued in Iraq, moving from Najaf to Karbala.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere, China’s storm death toll rose to 17 as flooding worsened in Guangxi and Hubei, while rescuers in India’s Kerala searched for five missing after a deadly landslide and the state suspended the Wayanad twin tunnel project after a separate collapse killed three migrant workers. In Bangladesh, eight people died when a landslide hit a girls’ school inside a Rohingya refugee camp.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the wider Asia Pacific region, Australia restored services after a major Telstra outage disrupted mobile coverage, trains and emergency calls, and Canberra hosted Pacific leaders in Brisbane for regional security talks. In Australia’s resources sector, China linked investors in Northern Minerals were said not to have complied with a divestment order.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the Americas and Africa, Cuba suffered its third nationwide blackout of the year, prompting protests and a fresh attack on the US embargo at the United Nations, where Havana said the blockade had caused record damage of $8bn. Ghana postponed a planned visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa amid a xenophobia row, while the US unsealed indictments in a cross border crime probe linked to the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and separately charged an alleged Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant with narcoterrorism.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Britain, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office summoned the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires after two people were sentenced over an attack on Iran International journalist. In Washington, Trump also claimed a Florida court had kept his defamation suit against The New York Times in place, and said a new Air Force One was being sent to a UK base.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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