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Pakistan relayed Saudi Arabia's warning to Iran demanding Houthi restraint after the Yemeni group struck a Saudi air base and oil infrastructure, injuring 73 people. A Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey defense pact could activate.

Long lines at fuel stations, a 15-million-liter-per-day shortfall, and reports of methanol contamination paint a bleak picture for Iran's energy supply amid ongoing war with the US and crushing sanctions.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, especially in West Asia and the Gulf, to recognize the USA and Israel as their common enemy and unite against them, amid an economic standoff from the ongoing US-Iran war.

President Trump threatened Iran with an unprecedented economic war on Truth Social, warning all nations that support Tehran will face massive consequences. Iranian state media dismissed the threat as routine propaganda.

Trump announced the US will 'substantially reduce' joint drills with South Korea, citing his ties with Kim Jong Un and Seoul's refusal to join Iran sanctions.

African Union members are offering to mediate in the Iran-driven Hormuz Strait crisis, concerned about oil price shocks that would hit fuel-dependent African economies hardest.