A veiled Iranian woman walks past a destroyed Iraqi fighter jet and Blue Shield signs, which are symbols used to mark protected cultural sites, while visiting a war museum in the Abbasabad Cultural and Tourist Area in central Tehran, on April 1, 2026.
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What to know about the Iran war:
o Several U.S. fighter jets at a Jordanian military base were damaged in Iranian strikes on Wednesday, sources tell CBS News. Iran's state media had previously said Tehran targeted U.S. assets across the region in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian oil tankers.

o Yemen's Houthis seized the key Red Sea port of Mokha on Thursday, according to numerous reports. If confirmed, the move would make it easier for the Houthis to target ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial waterway for Saudi Arabian oil exports.

o President Trump said Wednesday that Iran is desperate to affect the midterm elections and mused the conflict would end right afterward. "I think the war will end immediately after the election, because they can't hold out any longer," he told reporters.

2:26 AM
South Korea, Iran foreign ministers discuss Hormuz in call amid Trump pressure on Seoul
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Iran discussed the Strait of Hormuz in a phone call on Friday, Seoul said, days after confirming it was weighing a "contribution" to the waterway's security.

President Trump has repeatedly pressured South Korea to provide help for the war in the Middle East, saying Seoul has rejected his request for assistance in securing the waterway that is crucial to global oil supplies.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, at Tehran's request, "discussing the recent situation in the Middle East" and the Strait of Hormuz, the foreign ministry in Seoul said in a statement.

Friday's announcement followed a warning from Tehran earlier in the week that any South Korean military contribution to the conflict would have "serious consequences."

South Korea sent a fact-finding team to assess the situation in the strait and has repeatedly said it hasn't decided whether to deploy its military to Hormuz.

10:41 PM
At U.N. meeting, Yemen seeks international support in its conflict with Houthis
Yemen's special envoy to the United Nations called on support from the international community after the Iran-backed Houthi militant group seized control of the Red Sea port city of Mokha.

"This renewed war should alarm us all," Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, warned at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.

"It effectively marks the end of the relative calm that Yemen has experienced for over four years since the U.N.-brokered truce," Grundberg said.

He called on the international community to address this "new and more dangerous phase – one whose consequences, if left unchecked, will not stay within Yemen's borders."

Yemen's U.N. Ambassador Abdullah Al-Saadi said a single Yemen state with a monopoly on weapons that has sovereignty throughout the country, which the government is seeking, is "a fundamental guarantee" for security for Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the region.

He called on the Security Council to condemn the Houthis' military escalation and to implement measures "prohibiting the supply of arms, components, technology, and military expertise to the militia" which are fueling the conflict.

Saudi U.N. Ambassador Abdulaziz Alwasil said that the kingdom remains supportive of peace in Yemen but that it would "take all measures necessary to deter Houthi attacks."

Alwasil warned that "the kingdom's commitment to de-escalation and to supporting a political solution must not be allowed to become an opportunity that this militia exploits to continue its attacks and to threaten the security of the kingdom and the region."

At the U.N. meeting, U.S. Minister Counselor Jenifer Neidhart warned that those who enable the escalation of Houthi attacks "bear responsibility for its consequences." Neidhart called for stronger implementation of U.N. sanctions against the militants to cut off "the resources that sustain their acts of terrorism."

5:41 PM / September 10, 2026
Diesel prices nearing $6 a gallon for the first time ever
Diesel prices in the U.S. are barreling toward a painful new milestone for the transportation industry: $6 a gallon, a surge experts said is likely to have ripple effects for consumers as businesses pass on their higher energy costs.

The national average for a gallon of diesel on Thursday rose to almost $5.98, up 61% from $3.71 a year ago, according to data from AAA. Diesel is widely used in trucking and rail, affecting the cost of transporting goods around the U.S., as well as in construction and farming.

Diesel has already surpassed $6, according to GasBuddy, which tracks changes in gas prices in real time.

2:45 PM / September 10, 2026
Hezbollah underground infrastructure destroyed in southern Lebanon, Israel says
Israel said Thursday it completed the demolition of key underground infrastructure built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group on the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon.

"This is strategic terrorist infrastructure that was built over two decades, with Iranian funding and planning," said a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, adding its destruction "completes the achievement of operational control over the Ali al-Taher ridge -- above and below ground."

The network of tunnels included eight underground routes with a combined route of 5,400 meters and included dozens of explosive drones, machine guns, anti-tank missiles and hundreds of mines, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The Israeli army said it will continue to operate in its so-called "Security Zone" in southern Lebanon "in order to clear the area and prevent the Hezbollah terrorist organization from carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians."

As part of the trilateral agreement between Lebanon, Israel and the U.S. signed in June, Israel is supposed to hand over security in the zone to the Lebanese army. Israel has so far resisted doing so, saying it will only hand over security once Hezbollah surrenders all of its weapons and territory.

2:27 PM / September 10, 2026
Iran destroys U.S. sea drone in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC says
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday its navy targeted a U.S. unmanned surface vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.

"The Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted a Saildrone Explorer-type unmanned surface vessel in the Strait of Hormuz area," they said in a statement carried by their Sepah news outlet under the headline "Destruction of a US Saildrone in the Strait of Hormuz."

The ideological arm of the Iranian military added the sea drone had been used in the region by the U.S. Fifth Fleet stationed in Bahrain.

Washington has previously used Saildrone Explorer USVs to gather data and images in the Gulf. The sea drones are driven by solar and wind energy and can be deployed on missions in the ocean for up to one year.

This isn't the first time Iran has seized a U.S. Saildrone Explorer. In September 2022, Iran seized multiple drones, but then later released them at the United States' request.

Iran on Wednesday said it captured an unmanned U.S. submarine drone, providing video of the drone being pulled out of the water. The U.S. military said one of its underwater drones had "malfunctioned."

2:02 PM / September 10, 2026
House Democrats criticize Trump over war outside RNC midterm convention
Four prominent House Democrats criticized President Trump's war with Iran in a press conference outside the Republican's midterm convention on Thursday.

Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, called the war "a quagmire" that has resulted in the deaths of 18 service members and cost American taxpayers billions of dollars.

"Here we are in another endless quagmire that's costing Americans hundreds of billions of dollars, and working class kids do the fighting and dying where the elite and the privileged bang their war drums and act tough" Crow said. "I have had enough. Americans have had enough. We will never stop calling it out."

Rep. Madeleine Dean, from Pennsylvania, called out Republican Sen. Dave McCormick, and Reps. Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan, all also from battleground state, for voting in favor of tariffs but against the War Powers Act, which could end the war in Iran.

"What is President Trump doing right now while he faces record low approval ratings, and while the American people are demanding an end to war and tariffs?" Dean said. "He's escalating the war in Iran. At the same time, he denies we're in war."

1:24 PM / September 10, 2026
U.S. blockade has now redirected 96 vessels, CENTCOM says
The reinstated U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has crept closer to redirecting 100 commercial ships traveling into or out of Iranian ports, the U.S. Central Command said Thursday.

The U.S. military said 96 vessels have now been redirected since July 14, an increase of two ships since the last update on Monday.

It was also noted that 50 ships supporting humanitarian aid have been allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) while enforcing the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of Sept. 10, U.S. forces have redirected 96 commercial vessels to ensure total compliance. More than 50 vessels supporting… pic.twitter.com/lhDrPDfG70

12:48 PM / September 10, 2026
Protecting Yemen's coast is in international interest, government official says
The leader of Yemen's internationally recognized governing council on Thursday urged Arab and other nations to help protect the country's coasts, after the Iran-backed Houthis seized control of the key Red Sea city of Mokha.

"The protection of Yemen's coasts and the restoration of state control over its territory, ports and waters is a joint Yemeni, Egyptian, Arab and international interest," said Rashad al-Alimi, who heads Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, during a meeting with Egypt's ambassador.

Mokha has been held by Yemen's internationally recognized government, but a takeover by Houthi forces would give them a stronghold directly on the coast of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The Houthis have targeted Saudi ships exporting oil out of the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb. About 6 to 10% of the world's oil traveled through the strait before the war, less than half of what travels through the Strait of Hormuz, but still a key waterway.

The Houthis on Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of launching strikes on the southwestern province of Taiz, after they seized Mokha.

"The Saudi enemy launched 10 strikes on the Dhubab district in western Taiz," the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV channel said.

12:27 PM / September 10, 2026
U.N. watchdog confirms nuclear activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain
The United Nations' atomic watchdog told Bloomberg News on Thursday it had seen construction activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, a site suspected to be home to nuclear-related activities — and one President Trump has repeatedly mused targeting with strikes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has not inspected the tunnel complex at the site, which lies to the south of Tehran's main uranium-enrichning plant, but remote imagery suggests new activity there, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

Mr. Trump has mentioned the site at least twice in the last week.

Speaking Wednesday at the Republican midterm convention, he said: "We notice there's a little activity at ?Pickaxe. I would advise Iran not to get cute because we will have to hit them very hard."

11:53 AM / September 10, 2026
Israeli defense minister threatens to attack Iranian energy facilities if Israel comes under fire
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz took the opportunity of his Rosh Hashanah video message to warn Iran it will face retribution, including strikes to its energy infrastructure, if Israel comes under fire.

"In light of the possibility that due to the economic suffocation and the heavy pressure that Iran is under, they will decide to act against Israel, I once again warn the Iranian leadership: Any attack on Israel for any reason and anywhere will be met with a powerful response, which will inflict severe damage on Iran that it has not yet suffered to date, including on its central energy facilities, which provide resources and capabilities for the Iranian war and terror apparatus and harm the citizens of the State of Israel," Katz said, after wishing Jews in Iran a happy Rosh Hashanah.

Attacks on civilian infrastructure are generally considered war crimes, but Katz notes the power facilities are also used militarily, which would make them fair game. President Trump has been criticized for suggesting he would attack power plants, bridges and other civilian infrastructure.

Israel has not carried out any strikes on Iran recently, with the focus on the U.S. and Iran, but it was part of the initial strikes on Feb. 28 that started the war. Iran has also not targeted Israel, instead launching strikes against U.S. bases in the region and commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. However, Israel remains on high alert.

"In accordance with the Prime Minister's directive and my instructions, the IDF is alert and ready to carry out the mission," Katz said in the video. "Such a blow would set Iran back decades and further undermine the ayatollah regime that the Iranian people so detest and long for its fall."

11:09 AM / September 10, 2026
U.S. stocks slip on oil, inflation worries
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled early Thursday as oil prices remained above $100 a barrel, while traders digested an uptick in U.S. wholesale inflation driven by steeper energy costs.

About 10 minutes after trading started, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.4% to 52,185.98.

The broad-based S&P 500 Index retreated 0.5% to 7,597.87, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 0.8% to 26,046.94.

The shift came after U.S. government data showed a year-on-year acceleration in the Producer Price Index (PPI) to 5.4% in August, more than the 5.3% that analysts expected.

On a month-on-month basis, PPI was up 0.4%. A key driver behind the increase was energy costs, with diesel prices jumping 24.1% in the month.

The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond climbed to 5.35%, the highest level since 2007, after the latest inflation data.

Meanwhile, the price of Brent crude, the international standard, stood around $105 per barrel while the United States' West Texas Intermediate hovered at about $100 per barrel.

"A lot of this is outside the control of the Federal Reserve, although they will likely raise rates next week and that might help," said Art Hogan of B. Riley Wealth Management.

But he warned that "with no end in sight with the war in Iran, it's hard to imagine what's going to make this better in terms of the inflationary outlook and the reasons for higher Treasury yields and higher energy prices."

Investors will also be monitoring for new consumer inflation data due early Friday, for their possible bearing on the U.S. central bank's interest rate decision next week.

10:29 AM / September 10, 2026
U.S.-led forces begin pullout as Iraq mission ends, Kurdish official says
The U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition has begun withdrawing from Iraq's Kurdistan region ahead of a deadline to end their mission in the country, a Kurdish official said Thursday.

They had already completed their withdrawal from other bases in Iraq in January and are now only present in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region.

They are scheduled to complete their withdrawal by Sept. 30, having concluded their mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq, according to a 2024 agreement between Baghdad and Washington.

"Under the existing agreement, these forces must leave by the end of September, and they have in fact already begun doing so," Kurdistan's interior minister, Rebar Ahmed, told journalists.

"The process has started also in the Kurdistan region, with those forces transferring daily to other locations outside Iraq," he added.

Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the head of Iraq's armed forces, also said Thursday that foreign forces were accelerating their withdrawals.

The coalition forces exited Syria earlier this year.

The U.S.-led troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the Islamic State, which had seized large swathes of both countries and committed massacres and other atrocities.

The group was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019.

Although members of the jihadist group remain in desert and mountainous areas, their attacks have massively declined, and Iraqi forces continue to launch operations against them.

The presence of the coalition, especially after the Islamic State's defeat, has been a persistent point of contention between Iraqi authorities and Tehran-backed armed factions in the country.

For years, the Iran-backed groups have targeted coalition troops, most recently in support of Tehran during the war that began in late February.

8:51 AM / September 10, 2026
European Central Bank raises interest rates a quarter point to quell energy-fueled inflation
The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing costs.

The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the Euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank's Frankfurt headquarters.

The bank last raised rates at its June 11 meeting, then hit pause at its July 23 session. Remarks by ECB President Christine Lagarde later Thursday will be parsed by market analysts and investors for clues about whether more interest rate increases are coming.

Inflation concerns are also weighing on the U.S. Federal Reserve, whose rate-setters next meet Sept. 15 and 16. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has said the bank may have "more work to do" to contain U.S. inflation of 3.7%.

High energy prices are one reason eurozone inflation came in at 3.3% in August, above the bank's target of 2%. Oil prices have risen above $100 per barrel due to lower oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which are under threat of Iranian attack. Decisions being made about borrowing costs are complicated by the fact that it's impossible to say how long the shipping restrictions and high oil prices will last.

Higher rates cool inflation by making it more expensive to borrow and buy things, from houses to new factories. That reduces demand for goods and eases pressure on prices. The ECB benchmarks affect banks first, and through them lending rates throughout the economy.

7:52 AM / September 10, 2026
Hegseth says "the devastation done to Iranian military capabilities is historic in proportions"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview with "60 Minutes" that "the devastation done to Iranian military capabilities is historic in proportions."

Asked by CBS News' Norah O'Donnell about what victory will look like in Iran to the American people, Hegseth added that "we have all the control in the world about what this outcome looks like, and the president has put us in a fantastic position."

O'Donnell sat down with Hegseth and other top military officials for a story airing on "60 Minutes" about the U.S. Air Force officer shot down in Iran in April, who survived two days in the mountains of Iran. The officer spoke exclusively to "60 Minutes" about his injuries, evasion of Iranian forces and rescue in an interview that airs Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.

7:23 AM / September 10, 2026
Houthis have taken key Red Sea city, local residents say
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, two local residents told The Associated Press on Thursday.

If confirmed, the development would be significant because taking the city would put the Houthis closer to their goal of targeting ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial waterway linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean and an important route for Saudi Arabian oil exports.

A Yemeni military source told the AFP news agency earlier on Thursday that the Houthis had taken the city. Four government military sources made the same assertion to the Reuters news agency.

Mokha was long held by forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognized government. A takeover of the port by the Houthis would be a major blow to the government forces.

A Mokha resident, Amin al-Mohammdi, said the Houthis have entered the city and fanned out across various street intersections. All roads from the west coast leading to Mokha have been closed, and shops were shut in the city, he said. Another resident of the city, Mohamed Salem, reported seeing vehicles belonging to Houthi forces in the streets.

The AP couldn't independently verify that claim, but the Houthis have been trying to close in on Mokha amid the ongoing escalation with the government forces.

6:30 AM / September 10, 2026
Houthis seize strategic city on Red Sea, Yemeni military source tells AFP news agency
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha on Thursday and were advancing toward the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a Yemeni military source told the AFP news agency.

Witnesses said they saw rebel forces entering the city while chanting "death to America, death to Israel."

Fighting in Yemen reignited last week, when the Houthis launched a major campaign to seize territory near the strategic strait.

5:38 AM / September 10, 2026
Senior military adviser to Iran's supreme leader says "American warmongering" has shifted global power to the East
The senior military adviser to Iran's supreme leader said Thursday that "American warmongering" has shifted the weight of global power to the East.

In a post on X, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi wrote: "American warmongering was the best accelerator for transferring the weight of power and economic geography to the East."

"Pretending to conquer is a sign of defeat and acceptance of the multipolarization of power and international security," he added.

Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, hasn't been seen in public since he took over from his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, Feb. 28. Mojtaba was reportedly gravely wounded in the same strikes.

3:15 AM / September 10, 2026
Houthis claim Saudi forces hit Yemen with new airstrikes
A media outlet controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claims Saudi-backed forces launched airstrikes on several areas in Yemen on Thursday.

Al-Masirah TV said the forces launched 40 strikes in the Taiz, Jawf, Hodeida and Marib provinces.

The Associated Press couldn't immediately independently verify the Houthis' claim as fighting with Yemeni government forces has intensified this week. There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-backed forces.

Warnings have been growing about a major escalation as the Houthis clash with Yemeni government forces and attack oil facilities and utilities in neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Among them, one from the Saudis that the Reuters news agency says Pakistan delivered to Tehran to rein in the Houthis.

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