Al Jazeera, citing shipping-data tracker TankerTrackers, says oil tankers and gas carriers carrying 7 million barrels of oil are preparing to transit the Strait of Hormuz under US escort.

Turkish Golden Global Bank said individuals and entities listed by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are not its customers and the bank has conducted no direct or indirect transactions with those parties.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said a Russian drone struck the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) headquarters in Kyiv on Friday, after Moscow carried out 10 consecutive days of strikes on the capital. Zelenskiy said he has ordered an appropriate, practical response and may take a commensurate action when preparations allow. Smoke rose over central Kyiv and the mayor reported at least seven people wounded. Attacks on Ukrainian government buildings by drones and missiles have been rare during the four-and-a-half-year war, marking a further escalation of the conflict.