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Persian Gulf oil tanker captains are being offered $100,000 monthly salaries and $50,000 bonuses per Strait of Hormuz crossing amid escalating regional attacks.

Somali forces rescued the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25 after nearly six months in captivity, but pirates murdered five crew members before the operation, marking the first such killings in over a decade.

An oil tanker exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after allegedly striking a naval mine, as regional diplomatic talks aimed at reopening the strategic waterway were abruptly postponed.

The US has asked oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to navigate during specific night hours for military protection amid rising Iranian threats and Houthi pipeline attacks in Saudi Arabia.

The US military attacked two Iranian government oil tankers as part of a wave of strikes that hit about 100 targets. This marks the first implementation of the "tanker for a tanker" policy approved by President Donald Trump to deter aggression in the Strait of Hormuz.

Reports from southern Lebanon indicate an Israeli strike on the Ali al-Tahir ridge, a controlled explosion in Al-Mansouri, and artillery fire in Ruman. Meanwhile, the White House denied any ongoing talks with Iran.

Iran is demanding compensation for a severe oil spill that reached its shores, but estimates suggest the regime in Tehran caused the spill itself. This follows an attack on a tanker attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

A massive oil slick is moving toward the coast of Oman. It has spread over an area of approximately 400 square kilometers, equivalent to the entire Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

The Houthis claim they attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, hours after a report of a powerful explosion near a tanker about 95 nautical miles from Aden. The crew was not harmed, but at this stage there is no Saudi confirmation or proof of a link between the events.