US-Iran News LIVE: Ships going dark, sailing in groups to slip through Strait of Hormuz

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AFP report quoting Iranian state TV said that a proposed memorandum of understanding with the United States included an agreement to release $12 billion in frozen assets. The report cited an "unofficial" draft of the memorandum, and a similar item carried by state TV earlier this week was dismissed by the White House as a "fabrication".

Since the US started a naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13, the US military has "redirected" at least 115 ships, Centcom said.

Lebanon's health ministry on Saturday said that at least nine members of a Syrian family were killed in yesterday's Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese municipality of Adloun in the district of Sidon. Six of those killed were children.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security consultation with senior officials at 10:30 pm local time (19:30 GMT), as the military continues to attack Lebanon while moving north against Hezbollah.

The economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran has added hundreds of dollars to household expenses across the United States, according to a new analysis.

Data from Moody’s Analytics found the average US household spent an additional $447.19 on fuel-related costs since the conflict began in late February.

Iran-backed group, Hezbollah, on Saturday said that its fighters carried out a series of attacks against Israeli military positions and infrastructure in nothern Israel and southern Lebanon.

The US military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the US Central Command said on Saturday.

Several Americans were hurt in a missile attack on a Kuwaiti air base over the past day as a White House meeting to discuss extending the ceasefire with Iran ended without conclusion.

Israeli air force and artillery strikes were reported on Saturday near the strategic mountain site of a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon as fighting raged in villages close to the city of Nabatiyeh.

Lebanon's prime minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of pursuing a "scorched-earth policy" in his country's south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation orders for more than a dozen locations.

US-Iran News LIVE: Vessels were observed navigating the Strait of Hormuz at sunrise on 30 May as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning that Washington stood ready to resume military strikes against Iran should ongoing negotiations collapse.

US-Iran News LIVE: US military has not confirmed the presence of Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz despite ongoing searches, according to an NBC News report citing sources.

US-Iran News LIVE: Hardline Iranian lawmaker Hamid Rasaee has publicly warned Parliament Speaker and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf that placing any faith in talks with Washington is a fundamental error, invoking the record of former President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif, whom he described as "masters of concessions and surrender," to argue that negotiations yield nothing for Iran.

US-Iran News LIVE: Ships are switching off lights and AIS tracking beacons and moving through the Strait of Hormuz in small convoys, sometimes with guidance from the US military on timing and routing, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

While the tactic makes vessels harder to detect electronically and less vulnerable to Iranian attack, it also raises the risk of collisions in one of the world's most critical energy corridors.

US-Iran News LIVE: Hardline Iranian lawmaker Hamid Rasaee has publicly warned Parliament Speaker and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf that placing any faith in talks with Washington is a fundamental error, invoking the record of former President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif, whom he described as "masters of concessions and surrender," to argue that negotiations yield nothing for Iran.

US-Iran News LIVE: This year's Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is significantly more expensive for the world's Muslims, as the ongoing war in Iran has disrupted Gulf air traffic since February, driving jet fuel to record prices and pushing airfares up 20–40% across major departure markets like Egypt, Pakistan, and India — with some routes costing 50% more than last year.

Israel's military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of seven villages in southern Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had pushed deeper into the country. (AFP)

US-Iran News LIVE: Vessels were observed navigating the Strait of Hormuz at sunrise on 30 May as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning that Washington stood ready to resume military strikes against Iran should ongoing negotiations collapse.

US-Iran News LIVE: Ships are switching off lights and AIS tracking beacons and moving through the Strait of Hormuz in small convoys, sometimes with guidance from the US military on timing and routing, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

While the tactic makes vessels harder to detect electronically and less vulnerable to Iranian attack, it also raises the risk of collisions in one of the world's most critical energy corridors.

A small number of ships have used a route near Oman that US forces cleared of mines under the short-lived Project Freedom initiative before it was halted following Iranian attacks and Saudi restrictions on US base access, though most recent crossings have followed routes specified by Iran or proceeded without visible tracking.

US Central Command told the newspaper that Iran's Revolutionary Guard had attempted to lay sea mines and launched one-way attack drones in the past week, and that US forces responded by sinking mine-laying boats and striking missile and drone sites.

Traffic through the strait, which carried more than 100 ships per day before the war, remains well below that level, with shipowners facing mounting financial pressure from idle costs, soaring insurance premiums and war-zone crew payments as they wait for brief windows to move vessels out.