In the pre-dawn hours over Bahrain, air defense systems intercepted an Iranian aerial attack — the latest exchange in a seven-month conflict that had briefly stilled before reigniting with new intensity. What is unfolding in the Persian Gulf is not merely a military confrontation but a contest over the arteries of global commerce, the limits of deterrence, and the question of whether either side retains the will — or the incentive — to stop. The human cost is already being counted in lives and barrels of oil, and the world watches a chokepoint that carries one-fifth of its traded energy grow n
Iran escalates Gulf attacks as Bahrain intercepts aerial strike
At least five people killed, including a child, and at least 68 wounded when a US strike hit a home hosting a wedding in Iran, according to Iranian officials.