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    Issued on: 01\/08\/2026 – 10:17Modified: 01\/08\/2026 – 11:39<\/p>\n

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    This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. \u00a9 AFP <\/p>\n

    \n Kuwait’s army on Saturday said it had destroyed hostile Iranian drones \u200cin the country’s airspace, in what it described as an attack targeting \u200cseveral vital facilities in the country. A government facility \u200cin northern Kuwait and a civilian property were hit, the army said, but no casualties were reported.\u00a0Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. <\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 11:39 Donald Trump presses Israel to accept deal with Hamas<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s been hailed as a potential breakthrough in Gaza, after Donald Trump announced late Thursday that Hamas had agreed to disarm, a key next step in the US-brokered peace plan for the enclave. But while the US President says Israel is \u201cvery happy\u201d with the agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to publicly endorse it.<\/p>\n

    \n 01\/08\/2026 – 09:26Welcome to our liveblog covering ongoing conflict in the Middle East. <\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 10:20Kuwait says it destroyed hostile drones, Iranian attack targeted vital facilities<\/p>\n

    Kuwait’s \u2060army \u200bsaid on \u200bSaturday it had detected and destroyed hostile \u200bdrones \u200cin \u2060the country’s airspacen since \u200cdawn, and that what \u2060it described as an Iranian \u200battack had targeted \u200cseveral vital facilities.<\/p>\n

    A government facility \u200cin northern Kuwait \u200band civilian property belonging to a company \u200bon Bubiyan \u200bIsland were \u200bhit, it said, adding that \u200bfalling shrapnel caused material damage but no casualties.<\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 10:17Iran military accuses US of ‘escalating tensions’ in region<\/p>\n

    Iran’s military accused the United States of “escalating tensions” in the Middle East on Saturday and warned countries in the region against cooperating with Washington during the ongoing conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    “The United States is rapidly moving down the path of escalating tensions in the region,” said Ali Abdollahi, head of Iran’s military central command. “Any country serving as defensive shield for criminal and aggressive America will be engulfed by the flames of war.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 09:40EU naval force says Italian frigate escorts merchant vessel safely through Red Sea<\/p>\n

    A \u2060merchant vessel \u200bsafely passed through the \u200bRed Sea under the protection of the Italian \u200bfrigate Bergamini, \u200cthe \u2060European Union naval mission \u200cASPIDES said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

    ASPIDES, the \u2060EU’s defensive maritime security operation in the Red \u200bSea, did \u200cnot identify the vessel or disclose its \u200cflag, ownership or cargo details.<\/p>\n

    Shipping \u200bin the Red Sea has faced renewed disruption \u200bin recent weeks after \u200bYemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis \u200bdeclared a naval blockade on \u200bSaudi Arabia and subsequently attacked Saudi vessels, raising risks for commercial \u2060traffic and contributing to higher oil \u2060prices.<\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 09:39UKMTO reports two tanker incidents off Oman<\/p>\n

    The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on \u200bSaturday it had received reports of two maritime incidents off Oman, including one in which a tanker was \u200bstruck \u200cby an unknown projectile.<\/p>\n

    In the \u2060first incident, a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile \u200cabout 11 nautical miles northeast of Oman’s \u2060Lima, damaging its engine room and leaving the vessel not under command, UKMTO said. There \u200bwere no reported casualties nor environmental \u200cimpact, it added.<\/p>\n

    Later, UKMTO said it had received a second report of an incident, 21 nautical \u200cmiles northeast of Oman’s Khasab. The master of a tanker \u200breported seeing a large splash and an explosion in close proximity to the vessel, though no damage \u200bwas reported.<\/p>\n

    Lima and Khasab are on Oman’s \u200bMusandam Peninsula at the entrance to \u200bthe Strait of Hormuz, a strategic shipping chokepoint through which about \u200ba fifth of global oil consumption passes.<\/p>\n

    01\/08\/2026 – 09:32Yemen’s Houthis deny plans to impose fees on ships sailing through Red Sea<\/p>\n

    Yemen’s \u2060Houthi-run maritime \u200bcoordination body denied \u200bon Saturday reports that it planned to \u200bimpose \u200cfees on commercial \u2060ships transiting the \u200cBab el-Mandeb strait, saying no \u2060such decision had been taken and \u200bthat passage \u200cthrough the strategic waterway remained free.<\/p>\n

    The statement \u200cfollows a Reuters report \u200bon Wednesday, citing regional sources, that the Iran-aligned Houthis \u200bwere considering imposing \u200bfees on \u200bcommercial ships sailing through \u200bthe southern Red Sea, after declaring a maritime blockade on \u2060Saudi Arabia the previous week.<\/p>\n