Tehran lauds capturing Andruil's Dive-LD vessel, while Washington insists that it “had malfunctioned a day ago”.

Oil prices edged closer to $100 a barrel after an escalation in the tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran.

The United States threatened more devastating strikes. Iran accused Washington of hitting a wedding party, killing four people and wounding dozens.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships, including an American aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer, but the attack was defeated and no U.S. sailors were reported harmed.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they attacked two US vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf in retaliation for a US strike on five Iranian tankers.

The U.S. military says it’s striking targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S.