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Iran\u2019s parliament speaker warned that any further hits on the country\u2019s interests would be met with a “faster, heavier and more painful response” after\u00a0tanker strikes Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n U.S. Central Command<\/a>\u00a0said it redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two in the Strait of Hormuz, also releasing footage of an F-35A patrol over regional waters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n OPEC+ kept October output unchanged as disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz curbed the group\u2019s sway over\u00a0oil prices.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Israel said it targeted\u00a0Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon<\/a>\u00a0after drone launches, with Beirut officials reporting four fatalities and an evacuation warning issued before one operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Saturday\u2019s strikes on tankers<\/a>\u00a0in the Gulf drew sharper rhetoric from Tehran and Washington, signaling a widening confrontation along vital shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The USS Abraham Lincoln left Thailand after a five-day port call amid its extended deployment and military operations in the\u00a0Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n U.S. Central Command shared an image of a U.S. Navy E-2D Hawkeye aircraft landing on the USS George Washington as the strike carrier operates in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chair\u00a0Joe Wilson<\/a>, R-S.C., praised Yemeni government forces for dealing a blow to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists operating in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Oil prices rose in early Asian trading Monday as military strikes involving the U.S. and\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u00a0targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz sparked fears of prolonged supply disruptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n