Friday, October 30, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Tanker bombed in Hormuz by small boat as Iran claims four mine strikes; U.S. weighs Iran options; ICE nets 4,170 in Texas
- Update: Tanker set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after a small boat attached two explosives to its hull, UKMTO says; Iran now claims four tankers hit mines
- Update: Top U.S. commander briefs Trump on Iran military options at the White House as Qatari mediators return to Tehran
- Iran-backed Houthis claim six missile and drone attacks on Saudi refineries, airports and a military post; Riyadh says it intercepted missiles
- Binance hit by a $6.3 billion hack, believed to be the largest crypto theft on record; analytics firms tie it to North Korea
- 5 PM CTEvening Brief: Iran says four tankers hit trouble in Hormuz as Oman rescues 25 from a burning tanker; Trump says Iran war 'going to get wrapped up soon'; Kansas and Iowa rallies back on
- Update: Iran says four tankers hit trouble in Hormuz on Friday, including a supertanker it says struck a mine and caught fire; Oman rescues 25 crew from the burning tanker RITI
- Thursday's Hormuz tanker attack named as the Louise 1, hit by limpet mines; UKMTO says October brought the most reported strikes of the war
- Trump says the Iran war is 'going to get wrapped up soon' as Qatari mediators carry edits of a peace draft to Tehran; Brent oil climbs to $117.56
- Houthis target Yemen's presidential palace in Aden with two missiles, police official says, hours after Saudi forces intercept a drone near Riyadh and a ballistic missile