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1 day agoIran war: What is happening on day 21 of US-Israel attacks?
Tehran warns of zero restraint against further attacks on its energy facilities amid escalating conflict with Israel.
Eight vessels, not including ships flying the Iranian flag, were detected in the critical waterway via the vessels' automatic identification systems on Monday, maritime intelligence company Windward said on Tuesday. The number of transits was nearly double the numbers seen in recent days, according to Windward.
Global oil prices have fallen by more than 1% after Donald Trump said Venezuela would hand over 30m to 50m barrels of the country's blockaded crude to the US. The deal would give the US president the power to sell up to $3bn (2.2bn) worth of Venezuelan crude stranded in tankers and storage facilities into an already oversupplied global market.