Headlines- The Houthis in Yemen claim that the blockade primarily targets Saudi ships and that the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is not closed.
- A merchant vessel that attempted to navigate under the US blockade on Iranian ports has been "disabled" by US forces.
- In retaliation for United States most recent attacks across the country, Iran said on Friday that it had attacked US military installations and bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait.
- Although he repeated that Tehran was not yet prepared for a deal, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their war.
- After a deadly clash that claimed the lives of one Israeli and four Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalize more existing ones.
- After allegedly stabbing two individuals in broad daylight in Manhattan's upscale Upper West Side neighborhood, a man is being charged with hate crimes.
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