{"id":543612,"date":"2026-07-25T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543612\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:40:45","slug":"why-a-narrow-strait-could-tip-the-middle-east-crisis-further-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543612\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a narrow strait could tip the Middle East crisis further &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPdm9DamdYSG5CalZyY2h3YjZYWWFKc2FIckVLU0JPVmU1ZXYwdFE3aVJsaEhpZ3ZTSHFiZ202ZWg0LUNsaGh0MHNSdFo3UGdGc1ZndWJ6V3BIeEpycDR2ZVV0MzF6bDF6U3psVXRfY0RfbmFnTnRfYTdteHNob0IzV05rQ2xERU5xSE91eGg5aGNYZDl2MUVnTERMM1J2aEpIazRsYWJTdHhDdGkzTWl2Q3dBRm85MU9DeHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why a narrow strait could tip the Middle East crisis further<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran war live: Saudi Arabia, Houthis trade blows as escalation intensifies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTE5vaW92cWRJeWowUVJXZW5UQlpoS2JlQWFtTnpmd0xPNkdHWGlKV1M1eWhmUWg4d202ZC1tZkdDd29TX25LeU0yZDVUeVgyOUhYM0RKMlIyWmNrVVZKUnhIRjBQa0d6RlVIYzVXQ05R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live updates: Strikes between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels open a new front in Middle East conflict<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBXMFN4NE9tTE1Ub0dqX2ZDNVh1RzVNUmhMZGdhbUlfd3VZSi1KcmNYMmM4dm1acGlMLWt0TEpUX214WXBaV0JCRnZEdC1jWklyZ0J2YzltQkFmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saudi Arabia and Houthis trade fire as US fires on tanker in Hormuz Strait<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQdDhfQzhEVFVaYzlrRmoyc3lUMXlTS1pLNXc1RVNxc3lFNU9CclhqMEs2Q3BBSFI1VW5CRFRMVC1WclEydlc3WFBDa1J2RTBkcEg4MGpTYms0Q0FxZ0oyaG5hRDNsRkg0V3RaN3k5OHVMYXYyZlNydm9EVjRMN1hTYThmbDVzUzAxRml2c2F1X0ZNcW1HRVdFMERnclYwNDc5bFZsX1BNdDFoU0NoTzQyNFExWFZ5TGMycThsQ0JpSUhsUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US expands Iran attacks as Trump warns Tehran and Houthis over Red Sea strikes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why a narrow strait could tip the Middle East crisis further&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldIran war live: Saudi Arabia, Houthis trade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[38110,6150,124,3555,3806,222,1668,42,9745,296,16609,10110,43,28630,38109,223,40,38,41,39,6149,267236],"class_list":["post-543612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arabia","tag-conflict","tag-could","tag-drag","tag-east","tag-fast","tag-front","tag-headlines","tag-houthis","tag-into","tag-iran","tag-middle","tag-news","tag-page","tag-saudi","tag-the","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-war","tag-widening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}