US Strikes Iranian Mine-Laying Boats in Strait of Hormuz
US forces attacked Iranian rocket launchers laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury denied credentials to major outlets for G20. Google renamed Lake Ontario.
The United States military carried out an attack on Sunday against two Iranian rocket launchers that were attempting to scatter sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. This marks the first known direct military engagement between Washington and Tehran in about a month, according to reports.
In a separate development, the US Department of the Treasury has declined to grant press credentials to individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News for the upcoming Group of 20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. The gathering is expected to bring together finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's largest economies.
Meanwhile, Google has updated its Maps application for users in the United States, now labelling Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The change follows an executive order signed by President Trump last week amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada.
In the Gulf region, the central bank of the United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that it would conduct a "special and urgent examination" of Banque Misr, an Egyptian bank operating in the country. The move is seen as the latest fallout from the US Treasury Department's renewed efforts to isolate Iran financially.