Iran has threatened the United States with retaliation if there are further attacks on Iranian merchant ships in the Gulf. Any attack on Iranian ships would trigger a massive strike on one of the US

Iran warned US that any fresh attack would trigger “surprise” weapons and warfare tactics. Earlier on Sunday morning, an unidentified projectile hit a ship off Qatar after IRGC threats against US-linked vessels in the Gulf.

The US military said on Friday that its forces had disabled two Iranian tankers that were trying to breach an American blockade of Iran’s ports.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships.

Iran's effort to formalize control over the waterway raised new concerns about international shipping, with hundreds of ships stuck in the Persian Gulf.

A tenuous month-old ceasefire appears to be holding in the Iran war as diplomacy continues and Iran reviews the latest U.S. peace proposal.

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday ​that its board had completed reviews of ‌some of its agreements with Pakistan, clearing the way for the South Asian nation to access about $1.32 billion ​in fresh funding immediately.

Even as unilateral cease-fires declared by Ukraine and Russia earlier this week failed to hold, with both parties blaming each other, Trump said Friday that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a cease-fire running Saturday through Monday and an exchange of prisoners.