Saudi Arabia is delaying or blocking bank transfers from Saudi accounts to recipients in the UAE, particularly in Dubai.

Companies say payments that previously cleared normally have been held for days before being returned without explanation, disrupting trade and forcing some firms to route funds through Bahrain or use more expensive payment methods.

Saudi Arabia's central bank denies imposing country-specific restrictions, saying banks apply standard risk-based compliance measures.

Source: FT

Iran's Press TV reports that several explosions have been heard in the southern Iranian port city of Sirik.

Dan Scavino, Trump’s longtime adviser and White House Deputy Chief of Staff:

Daddy’s in Ankara, Türkiye tonight for the NATO Summit.

CENTCOM says the U.S. launched major strikes on Iran after Iran attacked three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to visit Israel on Wednesday for the first time as defense chief.

Hegseth is expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Source: CNN

CENTCOM says the latest US strikes on Iran are over after hitting more than 80 military targets, including air defenses and IRGC boats.

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya HQ says it will retaliate against recent U.S. strikes.

Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron commander and father of two, was declared dead after disappearing during an emergency helicopter landing in the Arabian Sea.

Despite a massive four-day search, he was never found.

An ICE agent shot and killed a Mexican man during an immigration operation in Houston after DHS says he tried to flee and drive into an agent.

Source: CNN

Iran's Ghalibaf:

The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.

Kuwait activates warning sirens nationwide.

Iran's IRGC says it launched a coordinated missile and drone attack on 85 U.S. military targets in Bahrain (U.S. Fifth Fleet), Kuwait (Ali Al Salem Air Base), and Salman Port.

IRGC also claims it shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone.

Netanyahu, after appearing on Fox and CNN, is now on Newsmax and is once again complaining about the possibility of Trump selling F-35 fighter jets to Türkiye.

He also, for the third interview in a row, incorrectly claims that Cyprus is a NATO member—even though it isn't.

Netanyahu is now comparing Turkish President Erdogan to Kim Jong Un and likening Türkiye to North Korea during his Newsmax interview.

NATO’s Rutte in Ankara Summit:

I expect allies today to reconfirm that Iran should never ever get its hands on a nuclear capability.

Reporter: What is your reaction to the recent U.S. attacks on Iran?

NATO's Rutte: I think it was absolutely necessary. Iran is violating the ceasefire.

NATO’s Rutte in Ankara Summit:

You cannot defend yourself with dollars, pounds, euros, or liras.

You have to protect yourself with men and women in uniform. You have to recruit them.

You need a defense industrial output.

Reporter: Trump is talking about taking over Greenland and pulling soldiers out of Europe. Do you take his threats seriously, or is he a committed member of the team?

NATO's Rutte: He is completely committed.

NATO’s Rutte to Putin and Russia:

Don’t play with us.

We will never attack anyone. We will only defend our way of life, our democracies, our territory.

Canadian PM Mark Carney in Ankara:

I want to thank President Erdogan for his amazing hospitality.

Canada’s Carney at NATO Summit in Ankara:

We were spending one and a half percent of GDP on defense. It's now going to be 4 percent in the next two years.

That gives an order of magnitude. We just completed our largest defense procurement — with submarines — announced it two days ago.

So the burdens are shifting away from the United States towards Canada and Europe.