The UAE has vowed to protect its strategic assets and condemned what it called an attack on commercial shipping, warning that the targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz threatens regional stability and global energy security.
Trump declared that the US will be known as "THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT", announcing a 20 per cent fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait.
The publication surfaced alongside Mojtaba Khamenei's first public statement after succeeding his father and came amid reports of an alleged assassination plot against Donald Trump, renewed US strikes and rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC said its "eye-for-an-eye" operation is continuing, while Bahrain activated warning sirens and explosions were reported in Iran's Bandar Abbas after fresh US military strikes.
Iranian opposition leader Reza Pahlavi described Lindsey Graham as a steadfast supporter of the Iranian people, while reports said regime-linked social media circulated graphics celebrating the senator's death.
Director Ranjith is facing a second sexual assault allegation, following a new complaint by an aspiring actor, amid ongoing scrutiny from recent industry reports.
Russia conducted another major aerial strike on Ukraine overnight, using an Iskander-M ballistic missile, four S-300 guided missiles, and 52 combat drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement on Saturday.
Devastating floods this month in Bangladesh have killed at least 59 people, according to the National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC) under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.
Russia has launched military investigations following an An-2 plane with 12 people on board made a hard landing near the village of Koban in the Caucasian region of North Ossetia, on Saturday.
Kenya's Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed a fourth case of monkeypox in the country as the incidence of the disease rises.
