Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificWorld CupMiddle EastExplainedOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomySportHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuIsrael attacks LebanonIsrael bombs LebanonWhat is Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle?Has Hezbollah been weakened?Why is Israel attacking Nabatieh?Live updates, An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37, takes off from the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney [File: US Navy/Handout via Reuters] (Reuters)By Zaid Sabah, Barbara Angopa and Lyndal RowlandsPublished On 18 Jul 2026
US Central Command says it launched its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
Semi-official Tasnim news agency says Iranian forces attacked a Thai-flagged vessel attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, while the deputy governor of Bushehr says the US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island.
