In the ancient waters of the Persian Gulf, where the flow of oil and the flow of power have long been intertwined, a cycle of strike and retaliation has tightened into something that threatens to pull the wider world with it. The United States struck Iranian military positions; Iran answered by sending drones toward Kuwait and Bahrain; and in the space between those acts of force, a wedding celebration in a coastal town became a site of grief, and two Filipino sailors lost their lives on a burning tanker. What is unfolding is not merely a military exchange but a test of whether diplomacy — pur
Iran launches retaliatory drone strikes on Gulf allies after U.S. bombardment
At least four civilians killed (two women, two children aged 4 and 16) and 68 wounded in US strike on wedding party in Kuhestak; two Filipino sailors killed in tanker attack in Strait of Hormuz; four killed in car ramming in Mashhad.