US military says it struck 3 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks
· France 2405/09/2026 - 17:44
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05/09/2026 - 15:55
US military strikes three Iranian crude oil carriers, Central Command says
The US military said it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles.
The military’s statement Saturday said an aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded “multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks” and no US personnel were hurt. It said two Iranian oil carriers were “permanently disabled” and the third, unladen one, was destroyed.
05/09/2026 - 15:46
Lebanon raises toll to 4 dead in overnight Israeli strikes
Lebanon on Saturday raised the toll in Israeli strikes on the country's south and east overnight to four killed, with Israel saying it was responding to an attempted Hezbollah attack.
Lebanon's health ministry reported four people killed, including an 18-year-old woman, and 32 others wounded, including several women and children, in Israeli strikes on several locations on Friday, particularly in the Nabatieh region.
05/09/2026 - 14:21
05/09/2026 - 13:35
Fresh Yemen clashes kill more than 60 people, military and medical sources say
Fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the country's Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people, including civilians, medical and military sources said.
According to three Yemeni military sources, 26 government troops were killed during several hours of fighting in the country's southwest, while medical and military sources from the Iran-aligned Houthis said 31 rebel fighters were killed.
One medical source in the government-held city of Taiz said a missile strike killed six civilians travelling by bus and wounded seven others.
05/09/2026 - 12:17
US ambassador says Israel 'has responsibility' to ensure safety of West Bank Palestinians
The US ambassador to Israel said that the Israeli government has a responsibility to ensure the safety of Palestinians in the West Bank after a sharp rise in settler attacks.
"One of the messages that we have been sending and we will continue to send is that people in these communities have a right to live with a level of security and safety, and that the government has a responsibility to make sure that that happens," Ambassador Mike Huckabee told reporters as he met Palestinian-Americans in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
05/09/2026 - 11:56
US ambassador says Israel 'has responsibility' to ensure safety of West Bank Palestinians
The US ambassador to Israel said Saturday that the Israeli government has a responsibility to ensure the safety of Palestinians in the West Bank after a sharp rise in settler attacks.
"One of the messages that we have been sending, and we will continue to send, is that people in these communities have a right to live with a level of security and safety, and that the government has a responsibility to make sure that happens," Ambassador Mike Huckabee told reporters as he met Palestinian-Americans in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
05/09/2026 - 10:55
Alleged US attack on Kharg Island oil tanker caused no casualties, Tasnim news agency reports
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is also reporting that US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island.
The agency quoted local sources as saying there were no casualties and the tanker's crew was being evacuated.
Iran is the third-largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and exported 90 percent of its crude via Kharg Island before the war.
A US blockade of Iranian oil exports has blocked these flows since mid-April.
05/09/2026 - 10:22
Unconfirmed reports allege US struck oil tanker near Kharg Island
The news site Asr Iran alleged that US forces struck an oil tanker near Kharg Island with four projectiles while it was being unloaded.
There was no immediate official announcement by Iranian or US authorities about the reports.
A Fars news agency correspondent earlier reported hearing explosions near the island, which serves as a key oil export terminal for Iran.
05/09/2026 - 08:44
Explosions of unknown origin heard near Iran's Kharg Island, Fars News Agency reports
Explosions were heard near Iran's Kharg Island in the Gulf, a key oil terminal, but their origin was unknown, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
The news agency said its correspondent heard several blasts but could not see any smoke, while the SNN news agency claimed "an Iranian tanker was targeted by the US" near the island.
05/09/2026 - 06:55
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 3 people, health ministry says
Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and wounded 23, the Lebanese health ministry said. The strikes came despite a truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyr and Nabatieh regions and the Beqaa region in the east.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported the strike hit near the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge, which the Israeli army said it had captured, though Hezbollah did not confirm losing it.
Two young men were targeted while riding a motorcycle in the city of Nabatieh, NNA said, adding that rescuers transported their bodies to a local hospital.
Israel stepped up strikes in the Nabatieh region on Friday and also targeted the village of Rmadiyeh in the Tyre area, located more than 10 kilometres from the Israeli border.
The ministry said the third person was killed and 15 others wounded there, including two children, three women and six rescuers.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Israel seized the strategically placed Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters, Defence Minister Israel Katz said. The Iran-aligned Shiite group did not confirm losing the highland.
- The death toll in clashes between Yemen's Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces rose to 129, according to an AFP tally compiled from several sources.
- US President Donald Trump said the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the US, a day after Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn't describe the conflict as a war.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)