Monica Ricks

Former U.S.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper praised the move.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Bloomberg's This Weekend.

Iran has fired missiles on parts of Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, and Israel for a second day.

Nine people were also killed in Pakistan today after storming the gates of the U.S.

consulate.

Authorities there have said others were seriously injured when police intervened, so that number could rise.

Meantime, celebrations in the streets of Tehran following the death of Iran's supreme leader.

Protesters also hit the streets in major U.S.

cities yesterday, including L.A., Chicago, and New York.

But demonstrators in Times Square condemned the attacks.

Those protests remained peaceful.

No arrests were made.

Oman says a small oil tanker was targeted off its coast in the Arabian Sea, the first sign of an attack on shipping near the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Oman's maritime security posting on X that the tanker was targeted just north of Kasab Port, forcing a 20-person crew to evacuate.

Four people were injured there.

and it's caused oil traffic now to plummet in the Gulf.

We get more on that from Bloomberg's Ed Kalecki.

The Strait of Hormuz is a major shipping lane for much of the world's crude supply, and economists say oil could soar above $100 a barrel if it shuts down altogether.

Oil markets are closed for the weekend, but Brent crude climbed as high as $73 a barrel on Friday.