West Asia War LIVE Updates: A commercial vessel has reported an explosion in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz following an attack by what has been described by British maritime authorities as an "unknown projectile" off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Follow LIVE Updates here

West Asia War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was not sending ground troops to Iran, weeks after he launched massive missile and bombing attacks alongside Israel. We are closing the LIVE blog now