India, Oct. 17 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: A crude oil tanker carrying 15 Indian seafarers was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on October 16, according to India's shipping minister, as tensions across the Middle East continued. The incident comes as US President Donald Trump said Washington could target Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility, while ruling out the use of nuclear weapons.

Other major developments in the Iran war included a US request to exchange up to 17 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), reports of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and jet fuel exports despite a US naval blockade, and fresh missile and drone interception claims by a Saudi-l...