Houthi fighters seized Perim Island, also known as Mayyun, and the city of Dhubab in western Yemen, completing their control of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait as fighting intensified along the country's west coast. Iran said Oman would host a Monday meeting with Iraq and Gulf states on commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran and Muscat reached an understanding on temporary shipping lanes. The European Commission approved €6.1 billion ($7.1 billion) for Ukraine to purchase air and missile defenses, ammunition, drones and electronic-warfare equipment. The roundup also covers intensifying US-Iran tensions, disrupted oil flows, record US diesel prices, global disasters, political developments, security operations, climate records, transport accidents, sports and cultural news.