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The Strait of Hormuz alliance shift did not emerge from a naval deployment, but from a recalibration in Washington. Japan and key European powers moved closer to U.S. strategic expectations, signaling alignment without full military commitment as the burden of securing Hormuz begins to redistribute.

Israel said overnight airstrikes in Tehran killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, though Iranian state media had not immediately confirmed his death.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to Washington promising candid talks with President Trump as the Iran war hits Japan’s economy, exposing the cost of alliance loyalty under energy shock.

The Security Council met under the shadow of renewed violence along the Israel-Lebanon border, with U.N. officials warning that recent escalation has erased months of progress, displaced hundreds of thousands, and pushed the region closer to a wider war.