Iran strike halts UN Hormuz ship evacuation plan (opens in new tab)

U.S. officials said Iran fired on the Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, and several accounts identified the weapon as a drone linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said a cargo vessel was hit on its starboard side near Dahit, Oman, damaging the bridge, with no reported casualties or environmental impact. The International Maritime Organization paused its operation to escort stra...