Sep 21, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Global DI Rundown is a concise, weekly summary of key defense industry happenings around the world. It provides listeners with an easy to understand approach to staying on top of key happenings in the…
Let's start in the Middle East, where the war around the Strait of Hormuz took several new turns.
Riyadh said that pipeline could be shut for several weeks while it's repaired.
Because of all this, a planned meeting in Oman between Iran and Gult Arab states, meant to work out a deal to reopen safe shipping through the strait, was postponed.
Oman's foreign minister said the postponement was meant to create room for what he called constructive dialogue.
Separately,
Iran blamed a terrorist enemy without naming anyone.
And when reporters asked President Trump directly whether the United States was behind it, he said, I don't want to say.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard also published a list of 77 ships it accuses of violating its rules for passing through the strait, warning that those vessels could face fines, detention, or even confiscation on future trips.
The World Health Organization reported that fighting inside Yemen between September 6 and 12 alone killed 504 people and wounded nearly 2,400, with tens of thousands more forced to flee their homes.
All of this pushed Brent crude oil above $107 a barrel, and US diesel prices hit a new record above $6 a gallon.
There was a small diplomatic opening, though.
President Trump said this week that he's now open to holding talks with Iran, after weeks of saying it was too early.
Iran's response was mixed.
One senior Iranian security official dismissed Trump's comments as a distraction, while Iran's president said on state television that his country won't surrender.
even as he described a good talk with a top United Arab Emirates official on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in India.
It's a reminder that even in the middle of an active war, back-channel diplomacy continues.
In another sign of how far this conflict has spread, The New Arab reports that South Korea and the United States held high-level defense talks in Busan this week, where officials discussed the possibility of South Korea deploying its own military forces to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, alongside its restoration of full wartime military command and shipbuilding cooperation with Washington.
And in a smaller but symbolic move, the United States blocked Iran's nuclear agency chief from attending an international atomic energy conference in Vienna, with a U.S. energy official saying a waiver request had been denied because the official is under sanctions.
Let's start in the Middle East, where the war around the Strait of Hormuz took several new turns.
Riyadh said that pipeline could be shut for several weeks while it's repaired.
Because of all this, a planned meeting in Oman between Iran and Gult Arab states, meant to work out a deal to reopen safe shipping through the strait, was postponed.
Oman's foreign minister said the postponement was meant to create room for what he called constructive dialogue.
Separately,
Iran blamed a terrorist enemy without naming anyone.
And when reporters asked President Trump directly whether the United States was behind it, he said, I don't want to say.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard also published a list of 77 ships it accuses of violating its rules for passing through the strait, warning that those vessels could face fines, detention, or even confiscation on future trips.
The World Health Organization reported that fighting inside Yemen between September 6 and 12 alone killed 504 people and wounded nearly 2,400, with tens of thousands more forced to flee their homes.
All of this pushed Brent crude oil above $107 a barrel, and US diesel prices hit a new record above $6 a gallon.
There was a small diplomatic opening, though.
President Trump said this week that he's now open to holding talks with Iran, after weeks of saying it was too early.
Iran's response was mixed.
One senior Iranian security official dismissed Trump's comments as a distraction, while Iran's president said on state television that his country won't surrender.
even as he described a good talk with a top United Arab Emirates official on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in India.
It's a reminder that even in the middle of an active war, back-channel diplomacy continues.
In another sign of how far this conflict has spread, The New Arab reports that South Korea and the United States held high-level defense talks in Busan this week, where officials discussed the possibility of South Korea deploying its own military forces to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, alongside its restoration of full wartime military command and shipbuilding cooperation with Washington.
And in a smaller but symbolic move, the United States blocked Iran's nuclear agency chief from attending an international atomic energy conference in Vienna, with a U.S. energy official saying a waiver request had been denied because the official is under sanctions.
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