Leaping ahead of the news
Five tankers and a container ship were reported attacked on October 11 in and near the strait and off Oman, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they set another supertanker on fire.
The US president said both sides had agreed to stop attacking energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy called it news to him, Moscow stayed silent, and strikes on power stations continued the same day.
The third attack in a week on King Khalid International Airport left victims from at least eight countries. The Saudi-led coalition vows a firm response while Washington weighs joining action against the Houthis.
Hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Washington imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court itself. Allies push back as the court warns of an assault on the rule of law.
A Ukrainian team meets Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Miami for about two days, with Europeans expected, after strikes in Kramatorsk and Chernihiv killed more than seventy people.