US Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted a claim that the United States military escorted an oil tanker travelling through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure global energy supplies, adding to confusion in an already volatile oil market.

Iran has mocked US President Donald Trump with a provocative poster after the first US-Israeli strikes on a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab killed dozens of children.

Australians serving aboard a US submarine that sank an Iranian warship last week were reportedly ordered to their sleeping quarters when the operation was underway.