Qatari and Pakistani mediators are working on an interim deal: an end to attacks on shipping in exchange for lifting the US blockade of Iranian ports.
Before the war more than 130 merchant ships crossed the strait every day; last weekend it was five, then none. Araghchi and Oman's foreign minister spoke by phone this morning.
The expansion would bring the Cheonghae unit to 395 personnel. Seoul stresses that the mission is non-combat and independent of allied forces.
The draft envisages three days of reciprocal confidence-building steps. Meanwhile, according to Axios, the Pentagon is finishing preparations for a possible resumption of major combat operations.
CBS reports the president asked advisers whether the defence secretary should be replaced. The Pentagon says Hegseth will stay until the end of the term.
For the first time in modern American history, a midterm election has been decided by a war of choice and by the price voters paid for that war at the pump. The Democrats are taking both chambers of Congress, but the most dangerous sixty days are yet to come.
While the US president says the US is “getting everything it wants,” Iranian officials describe the American response as unconvincing. Between the statements lie strikes near Qeshm and attacks on tankers.
Eight months after the war began, Iran no longer has the navy or the radars it once had, yet it still keeps the Strait of Hormuz practically closed. Not because it controls it, but because no one else can guarantee that it is safe.
Trump confirmed a "minor attack" on an air defense facility on an Iranian island near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran rejects the US response to its plan for reopening the strait, while Qatar says negotiations are continuing.
A new front has opened in southern Yemen in Lahij province. Saudi strikes killed at least 17 people in two days, according to the Houthis, while Riyadh says it thwarted another drone attack on Mecca.
Baghdad is trying to stay out of the war with Iran. The US is threatening sanctions if the militias are not disarmed by the end of June 2027.