Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have targeted a crucial Yemeni government-held port on the Red Sea and attacked an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. A Houthi spokesperson said that Sunday’s attacks were in response to Saudi drones breaching Yemen’s airspace. Iran has issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Oman says talks to manage the strait between it and Iran are continuing. Elsewhere in the region, Yemen’s military attacked the country’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in response to the strikes, escalating tensions and threatening to reignite the civil war.

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Scoop News DeskIran · Published Monday, August 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTCUpdated Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM UTC

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The designation comes after months of the army and police struggling to maintain order throughout the territory, where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in 2026, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry. The Houthi group said a 13-year-old child was killed by artillery shelling and another child was injured. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies passed before the war — has kept energy prices as a major focus of U.S. politics ahead of November’s midterm elections.

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