Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), adding to concerns about energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense has issued early warnings of potential danger for the southern cities of Najran, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Abha.
Authorities urged residents to remain alert and follow official instructions as a precaution. The warnings come amid heightened regional tensions and recent security incidents in southern Saudi Arabia.
A planned meeting in Oman between Iran and Gulf Arab states to discuss potential agreements on the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said the delay came at the request of several regional countries and was jointly agreed by Tehran and Muscat.
India said 13 crew members have been rescued while one remains missing after the commercial vessel MT El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to India's Ministry of External Affairs, all 14 crew members on board were Indian nationals. New Delhi said its embassy in Oman is coordinating with Omani authorities as search-and-rescue operations continue for the missing sailor.
India condemned the attack and called for an immediate de-escalation of regional tensions, stressing that attacks on commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure are unacceptable.
The incident follows reports from the UK Maritime Trade Operations that a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz had been struck by an unidentified munition.
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Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence said the danger has passed in the southern city of Abha, lifting the alert issued following recent security threats.
Authorities said the situation is now safe and urged residents to continue following official guidance and updates.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said he held good talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS leaders' summit, adding that the two sides had agreed to put the past behind them.
“We agreed to put the past aside and look forward to the future, and how we can build a future together,” Pezeshkian said.
Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4 per cent of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders have said.
A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has already pushed global fuel prices to record highs, spurred inflation around the world and sent U.S. bond yields to the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis.
Since drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its huge east-west oil pipeline on Friday, Riyadh has not given full details about the extent of the damage or how long the route will stay off-line.
Sources that spoke gave varying estimates, with one saying the damage could take as long as five to six weeks to repair, while another said it could be fixed sooner and could resume pumping partially while repairs are ongoing.
More than 1,500 fighters from both sides were killed in month-long clashes between Yemeni government forces and the Iran-backed Houthi group along the country’s western coast, Yemeni news outlet Aljoumhouriya TV has reported.
A statement by the government-aligned National Resistance said the fighting from 9 August to 10 September left more than 500 of its forces dead and around 1,500 wounded.
It claimed that more than 1,000 Houthi fighters were also killed and thousands more wounded during the same period. The casualty figures could not be independently verified.
U.S. allegations are “pure propaganda," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Indian news outlet India Today.
“Had we sought nuclear weapons, we wouldn't have joined the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) and accepted rigorous oversight.
The U.S. has long argued that Iran's civilian nuclear programme is a cover for developing nuclear weapons.
The UN's nuclear agency, the IAEA, has called the levels of uranium enrichment Iran has produced a serious concern, noting no other country has enriched to such a high level without eventually building a weapon.
Talks with Oman on Monday about a new route for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz do not in any way mean that the sea passage will be reopened, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told pan-Arab media outlet The New Arab.
He reiterated that Tehran's condition for the reopening of the strait was that the U.S. return to its commitments set out in the Islamabad Memorandum signed in June.
Yemen’s Houthi group said international shipping through the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait remains near normal despite intense fighting along its shores. The group said on Saturday that 73 international vessels, including container ships and other commercial vessels, crossed the waterway over the previous 48 hours, while Saudi vessels remain excluded under the Houthi restrictions.
The Houthis also said international navigation remained “free, safe and smooth” as they consolidated control over Yemen’s western coast and areas around the strait.
Bab al-Mandab connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and is a key route for trade and energy shipments between Asia and Europe.
Local authorities have evacuated the crew of a ship that was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
An unidentified projectile was reported to have struck the vessel, with the extent of damage and environmental impact still unclear.
A video released by Houthi-owned Al-Masirah TV shows damaged military vehicles and casualties in what the network says were strikes on pro-government forces in Yemen.
The footage also comes as four Yemeni government sources told Reuters that the Houthis had seized the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Reuters previously reported that the Houthi advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast had received direct guidance from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
Live vessel tracking data from MarineTraffic shows dense clusters of ships on either side of the Strait of Hormuz. Red markers indicate tankers, while green markers represent cargo vessels.
An Iranian commercial vessel was struck off southern Iran early on Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others, Iranian state media reported, citing the governor of Qeshm County.
A vessel was struck by an unidentified projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Sunday.
The crew’s status and extent of damage remain unknown, as fresh maritime security concerns emerge following Saudi Arabia’s temporary closure of its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack on Saturday.
The 1,200-km (745-mile) East-West pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula has served as the main route out for global supplies of Middle East oil for the past six months while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war.
It has been moving 4 million to 5 million barrels per day, amounting to 4 per cent to 5 per cent of global supply, sparing Saudi Arabia the brunt of the disruption that has crippled other Gulf oil and gas exporters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the strikes on the pipeline.
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