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US destroys five Iranian tankers, Tehran strikes Jordan's Al-Azraq base, and Brent crude climbs back above $100
US Central Command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on 8 September, calling it a response to two ballistic missile attempts against a Navy warship. Iran struck the Al-Azraq base in Jordan, which says it intercepted 18 of 20 missiles, then claimed attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where one seafarer was killed and another reported missing. Brent crude passed $100 for the first time since July.
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Houthis strike four Saudi cities and Aramco sites; Riyadh promises a firm response
On the morning of Tuesday 8 September, Yemen's Houthis struck Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran with drones and missiles, targeting an international airport, an air base and Aramco facilities. The Riyadh-led coalition reports 73 civilians wounded and fires that halted some energy operations. The kingdom promises a firm response, while the Yemeni forces it backs say they intend to retake Sanaa.
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Trump bans imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles a day after Ottawa's tariffs took effect
On Tuesday evening, 8 September, Donald Trump signed executive orders banning imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles from 29 September, and adding a 50% surcharge on mattresses, cheeses, paper and aluminium from 15 September. Canadian goods are also excluded from federal procurement contracts. Ottawa had just applied its own duties on about $20 billion of US goods. Mark Carney is urging the country to “pivot”.
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Twelve countries move to ban trade with Israeli settlements; Israel orders the British consulate closed
On Tuesday 8 September, twelve countries — the United Kingdom, France, Canada and nine European states — said they intend to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband linked to “ethnic cleansing”. Two hours later Israel ordered the British consulate in East Jerusalem to close, told diplomats to leave and barred twelve Britons from entry. Washington said it would not follow.
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Shipping collapses in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran announces a restricted zone
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May: a ten-day moving average of ten vessels a day, down from more than fifteen on Friday, according to Kpler cited by Reuters. Iran has announced a new restricted zone near the strait and three tankers turned back after a warning from the Revolutionary Guard. Canada has joined the US-French-British effort to reopen the passage.
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Washington destroys three Iranian tankers, Tehran says it hit three American ships
US Central Command said on Saturday 5 September that it had struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to ballistic missiles which it says the Revolutionary Guard fired at an aircraft carrier and a destroyer. Tehran calls the strikes a war crime under the United Nations Charter, and says it hit three American ships of its own. The two accounts of that night cannot be reconciled.
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Witkoff and Kushner received for three hours at the Kremlin, expected in Kyiv under a three-day truce
Vladimir Putin received US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday 5 September for three hours and ten minutes. The two men are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, where Volodymyr Zelensky is to receive them for the first time. The local three-day truce framing the visit suspends strikes on Kyiv and Moscow alone: elsewhere along the front, the bombardments continued.
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Hormuz: Iran strikes Kuwait and the UAE, Oman refuses its toll, Washington cuts contact
Day five of the Hormuz escalation: Iran struck US bases located in Kuwait and the UAE — Gulf states themselves — and some twenty Emirati civilian flights were disrupted. Qatar condemned the strikes, Oman quietly rejected the toll Tehran wants to levy, and Washington says it has cut contact while floating an embargo.
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Uber cuts 3,300 jobs and exits Nigeria and Uganda: platforms retreat toward robotaxis
Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs — nearly 10% of its workforce, its deepest cut since 2020 — and ending operations in Nigeria and Uganda after twelve years. The savings fund its robotaxi pivot, while Bolt says it will stay and Delivery Hero recommends Uber's takeover offer.
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Iran strikes Saudi supertanker SIDR: two Filipino sailors killed, Gulf condemns, crude surges
The Saudi supertanker SIDR was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, killing two Filipino sailors. Riyadh blames Iran, the GCC condemns, Tehran speaks of mines striking "US-controlled" vessels. Brent climbs toward $95 and the bill is already reaching fuel pumps in Pakistan and Nigeria.
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New US strikes near Hormuz: four killed at a wedding, Tehran retaliates into the Gulf
On 1 and 2 September 2026, the United States carried out further strikes against Iran around the Strait of Hormuz, hitting oil tankers among other targets. Several outlets report four people killed at a wedding. Tehran has promised "severe punishment" and struck back at US bases and at Gulf states hosting them. Oil reached a two-month high and Asian markets fell.
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