Iran-US war latest: US military carries out strikes on Iran after ships struck by drones in Strait of Hormuz

Rubio dismisses UAE fears over Strait of Hormuz toll as ‘semantics’ despite threat to peace talksTehran has struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz as countries try to reopen the oil route. Iran's Revolutionary Guards attacked a Singapore-flagged commercial vessel with a drone on Thursday, a U.S.

official confirmed to CBS News. According to an advisory from the U.K.

Maritime Trade Operations Centre, the ship’s bridge was damaged after it was struck on its starboard side off the coast of Dahit, Oman, though no casualties or environmental impacts were reported.The attack poses an immediate challenge to U.S.

President Donald Trump’s efforts to reopen the critical shipping corridor, which normally carries one-fifth of the world's oil.Meanwhile, U.S.

secretary of state Marco Rubio has dismissed concerns raised by the UAE over an Iranian toll on the Strait of Hormuz as “semantics.”“You can call it a toll, you can call it a fee, at the end of the day it’s all semantics,” Rubio said during a visit to Bahrain, where he is meeting the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Washington has sought to reassure the region that no country, including Iran, will be allowed to charge tolls for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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A senior Lebanese military official said Israel had recently added the town to a zone occupied by Israeli troops inside southern Lebanon.Lebanese officials say Israeli troops are enforcing the zone's northern boundary by firing at anyone approaching it, including civilians and Lebanese soldiers.The military official said farmers had continued to enter and leave Mansouri, but had not been living there.

James Reynolds26 June 2026 13:34Trump shrugs off Iran school strike as questions over U.S. role remainPresident Donald Trump said this week that it may never be determined who was responsible for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children on the first day of the Iran war, as questions continue over whether U.

S. forces were involved.The February 28 strike in Minab, southern Iran, killed more than 175 children and teachers, according to Iranian officials, triggering international outrage and renewed scrutiny of the U.

S. military operation.Trump, speaking to reporters, said the circumstances surrounding the attack may never be fully resolved.

Read the full story:Trump shrugs off deadly Iran school strike as questions over U.S. role remainPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a ​deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran on February ‌28James Reynolds26 June 2026 13:00Oil prices come down after spike over renewed action in HormuzOil prices have eased again following a recent spike over renewed clashes in the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude fell 1.8 per cent on Friday after rising 4 per cent after the International Maritime Organisation said it was pausing its planned evacuation of ships trapped around the channel.That decision came after a cargo vessel reported being struck by an ‘unknown projectile’ while trying to transit the strait near the Omani coast.

James Reynolds26 June 2026 12:30Recap: UN nuclear watchdog insists the Iran deal grants access to nuclear inspectorsThe IAEA’s top official claimed again on Friday that the interim US-Iran peace accord gives UN nuclear inspectors access to Iran, after the Islamic Republic said it did not."There is an agreement and to comply with that agreement, the IAEA will have to have access and inspect," Rafael Grossi told a press conference in Japan on Friday. "We hope to be there soon."

Grossi said that inspectors have already held an initial exchange with Iranian officials to discuss technical issues. The first goal of any visit to Iran would be to check whether IAEA seals on previously inspected material remained intact and whether any material was missing, he said.The comments come after Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Wednesday there w