Iran

Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz at near standstill as attacks strain Iran truce

Vessels are increasingly switching off their public AIS tracking transponders, making it harder to see all of the ships crossing, according to shipping industry sources.

Iran says it hits US military targets in the Gulf, prepares to bury slain leader Khamenei

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried at the country’s holiest shrine in Mashhad.

As Iran war rolls on, some executives at Reuters conference say the ‘worst is behind us’

Thailand’s Vice-Minister of Finance Santitarn Sathirathai (right) speaks during an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in Singapore on July 9.

Iran to bury slain Supreme Leader Khamenei in culmination of mass funeral

Mourners attend a funeral procession on the day of the burial of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, on July 9.

French foreign minister blames Iran for US attacks

The United States and Iran traded strikes for the second day on July 9.

FIFA refereeing chief rejects claims of bias in Argentina’s World Cup win over Egypt

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 - Argentina v Egypt - Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - July 7, 2026 Egypt's Mohamed Salah remonstrates with referee Francois Letexier after Argentina's Enzo Fernandez scores their third goal IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Dale Zanine

News analysis

A new kind of ‘ceasefire’ between US and Iran where talks, strikes are part of the same process

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listen as President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara on July 8.

Trump says Japan, rather than Iran, fired missiles at US ship

US President Donald Trump appear to have confused longtime ally Japan with Iran.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 9, 2026

A video frame grab shows explosions going off in Iran‘s major port city of Bandar Abbas.

Trump wants to leave the Iran war behind. That won’t happen soon

Most analysts agree that US President Donald Trump, who once demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” has been stymied on many of his often-shifting goals for the war.

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