Brent crude jumps as US-Iran fighting continues The price of Brent crude has jumped more than three percent while gold prices slumped further as fighting between the US and Iran continues. Brent was trading at just under $78 a barrel at midday after Trump announced the resumption of the blockade on Iran. Gold prices dropped almost three percent to $4,005 per ounce at 15:00 GMT.
At least 24 killed in Iran since latest US strikes began At least 24 people have been reported killed in Iran since the latest round of US strikes began, including four so far today. US missiles hit three locations in the city of Abadan, in the western province of Khuzestan, killing two people and wounding three, Mehr news agency reported. One person was killed in a US attack on a military base in the city of Nain, according to the deputy governor of Isfahan province.
Iranian official says Tehran will keep fighting for Hormuz Mohammed Mokhber, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, says Tehran will continue to fight for the Strait of Hormuz after Trump pledged to take full control of the crucial trade route. "We defend it so that in the future, for the passage of our ships, we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy," he wrote on X. "Retreating from this vital matter has no place in the mind of any friend of Iran," he added.
Tehran repairs homes damaged in US-Israeli attacks Reconstruction is under way on tens of thousands of homes damaged by US-Israeli attacks on Iran's capital. More than 95 percent of the nearly 50,000 units with minor or moderate damage have received repairs, Tehran's Disaster Prevention and Management Organisation told ISNA news agency. Progress has also been made on roughly two-thirds of the 2,135 units that require demolition, ISNA reported.
Israeli attack critically wounds several Palestinians near Gaza City Israeli forces bombed a group of Palestinians near Gaza City, critically wounding several people, according to Wafa news agency. Medical sources told Wafa the attack took place in the al-Twam area, northwest of Gaza City. One man was also seriously wounded after being shot by Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip, the agency reported.
Yemen government says it attacked Sanaa airport to block Iranian aircraft Yemen's internationally recognised government says its forces carried out an attack on Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing. In a statement, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, said he had directed "that the scope of the confrontation not be expanded in order to prevent Iran from dragging Yemen into wars that serve its interests". "In the future, we will not allow any aircraft to violate Yemeni airspace, whether it be Sanaa airport or any other airport," he added.
Israeli shell lands in southern Lebanon village Lebanon's National News Agency says an Israeli shell landed in Kfar Shouba, a village in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate. The report came after intermittent artillery fire on Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit, in the same governorate. Israel has continued attacks on Lebanon despite a "ceasefire" and ahead of Lebanon-Israel talks slated for Tuesday in Rome.
Israeli teen threatened with suspension over call to refuse military service Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 14:34 The teenager distributed flyers urging students not to enlist in the military over Gaza genocide Police stand between Israeli settlers and left-wing activists during scuffles in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Jerusalem Day march, 14 May 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP) Off An Israeli high-school student is facing possible disciplinary action after distributing flyers urging classmates to refuse military service over Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, according to a report published by Haaretz. The student, an 11th-grader at Ohel Shem High School in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, was summoned to a disciplinary meeting and told she could face suspension beginning next school year, the newspaper reported. According to the report, the student and two other teenagers who are not enrolled in the school distributed leaflets entitled "We Hereby Refuse" outside the campus.
Yemen's Houthis say Sanaa airport bombed Submitted by MEE and agencies on Mon, 07/13/2026 - 14:09 The group blamed Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh will face consequences for violating the 2022 ceasefire Smoke rises after an air strike struck Sanaa International Airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, 13 July 2026 (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters) Off Yemen's Houthi movement declared the end of the country's de-escalation phase on Sunday and vowed retaliation, alleging that Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa International Airport. Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni armed forces aligned with the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, said the attack marked the conclusion of efforts to maintain calm between the two sides. "The targeting of Sanaa Airport ends the de-escalation phase," Saree said, adding that the strike "will not pass without retribution.
Yemen closes all airports until further notice after Sanaa attack Yemen’s civil aviation authority has ordered the closure of all its airports to air traffic until further notice after the Aden-based government said its forces carried out a strike on Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there. The leader of Yemen’s Aden-based governing council, Rashad al-Alimi, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, also said on Monday that he would not expand his confrontation with the Houthis as “that would achieve Iran’s objective of dragging Yemen and its people into wars”.
Jerusalem Governorate condemns Israeli plan to establish largest settlement in East Jerusalem The Jerusalem Governorate said on Monday that the approval of a plan to establish the largest Israeli settlement inside a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem would be a major escalation and blatant violation of international law. The plan seeks to establish around 450 units in the Umm Lison neighbourhood, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, to accommodate nearly 2,000 settlers within an existing Palestinian neighbourhood. The Governorate said the project forms part of a broader colonial system targeting the dismantling of Palestinian geography in southern occupied Jerusalem which aims to restrict Palestinian urban expansion and surround neighbourhoods with connected settlement blocs.
Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘very hard’ US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Monday of violating the interim agreement between the countries and vowed to retaliate, calling them “a bad group of people”. “It was a done deal and then they broke it. They always break it.
At least 2 killed in US strikes on Iran’s Abadan At least two people have been killed by US missiles which struck three locations in the Iranian city of Abadan in the western province of Khuzestan on Monday. Three others were wounded in the attack, according to a statement from the deputy governor of the province carried by Mehr news agency.
UK, Germany, France condemn Iran’s Gulf attacks Foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and France have condemned Iran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on Gulf countries as US strikes on the country continue. “We condemn Iran’s heinous attacks on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in the region, including Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan,” they said in a joint statement, calling for the restoration of the ceasefire and the resumption of negotiations between both countries.
Iran says it will not let the US ‘interfere’ in managing Hormuz Iran’s top joint military command said that Iran will not allow the US to intervene in the management of the Strait of Hormuz and that any attempt by the US to transit through the waterway without Iran’s authorisation would be strongly confronted. Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned leaders of regional countries that any cooperation with the US will be considered a threat of war against Iran and it will be the responsibility of the US and its allies if the war widens to affect all countries in the region, in a statement carried by state media on Monday. This comes after Trump said earlier that the US would be paid to run the strait amid growing tensions between the countries.
Trump says US will 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump has said that Washington "will probably run" the Strait of Hormuz and that it should "be reimbursed for that". He told Fox News in a phone interview that: “We’re going to keep the Strait and we’ll probably run it. We’ll become the guardian of the Strait.
Ben Gvir takes part in raid of West Bank village Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, accompanied by several settlers, raided the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to Wafa news agency, citing a local official. The village has been subjected to repeated and sustained attacks by settlers targeting Palestinian residents and their property, backed by the Israeli army.
Palestinian killed, others injured in Israeli airstrike on motorcycle in Gaza City A Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli shelling which targeted a motorcycle in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City. This brings the total death toll in the Gaza Strip to at least 73,232 since the begining of Israel’s genocide in Gaza in October 2023.
UK maritime body reports warning shots fired at tanker A tanker has reported warning shots were fired near to it after being approached by six small boats 50 miles south of Yemen’s Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. This comes after Iranian state TV said Iran fired “warning shots” at two ships following renewed tensions with the US that led to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz once again.
Iran fired ‘warning shots’ at two ships in Hormuz Iranian state TV said on Monday that Iran fired “warning shots” at two ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz in violation of their announcement that the waterway was closed due to the US violations of the ceasefire agreement between the nations. “This morning, two ships that were attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz illegally were targeted and stopped by warning shots fired by the navy of the Revolutionary Guards,” a correspondent based near the strait announced.
