European Union and Gulf bloc reject claims to sovereignty over Hormuz Strait as illegal.

Europe and Arabian Peninsula bloc reject claims to dominance over Strait of Hormuz as illegitimate.

Emergency alerts blare in Kingdom of Bahrain: authorities. Many feared lifeless after traveler ferry submerges from seashore within Republic of Guyana Southeast Asian diplomats envoys to express alarm on Near East strife during Manila meeting border patrol agents wearing surveillance cameras while conducting car pulls over, border czar announces. Russian rocket strikes across Ukrainian territory result in the deaths of at least 8; cargo ship struck within the sea of Azov. Iran's Revolutionary Guards vow to ward off any United States ground attack.