Maritime tracking transmissions collapsed near the UAE’s main oil hub, rattling Persian Gulf shipping hours before President Donald Trump announced progress was made on a bilateral peace deal with Iran, according to an AI maritime firm. 

Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI first detected the blackout in Automatic Identification System (AIS) transmissions near Fujairah, suggesting heightened electronic warfare, jamming, deliberate AIS shutdowns and intense cyber interference near the key UAE oil port.

“Fujairah goes dark: AIS transmissions collapse after Iran’s PGSA announcement,” Windward warned in a post shared on X.

“Vessels are still in the area. They are loading less, and a meaningful number have gone dark,” the firm said.

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As Trump announced that an Iran deal was “largely negotiated” and would see a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Fujairah went on to move 1.35 million barrels of crude Sunday aboard a single tanker bound for South Korea.

“Today, May 24, the port moved 1.35 million barrels, a single VLCC, destined for South Korea,” Windward said before reporting a tense, ongoing “ceasefire posture” and blockade footprint quickly being set into place.

“One cargo doesn’t mark a return to baseline, but it’s the first signal of flow resuming out of Fujairah since the announcement,” Windward said.

Ahead of the barrel transfer, Trump had stated that Washington and Tehran had “largely finalized” a memorandum of understanding for a peace agreement. He posted an AI-generated image depicting exploding IRGC fast boats in the strait.

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Iran responded directly by continuing to declare the strategic maritime choke point stays under Tehran’s absolute control.

“We reaffirm that the Strait of Hormuz will remain under full Iranian administration and sovereignty, even in the event of reaching any future agreement,” Iran’s official military spokesperson, Ibrahim Al-Fiqar, said in a statement shared on X.

“The Islamic Republic emphasizes that the authorities to determine transit routes, timing, and issuance of maritime licenses are an absolute sovereign right exclusively in the hands of Tehran.”

The tanker blackout, crude transfer activity and movement toward a U.S.-Iran deal accelerated following the launch of Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority on May 20.

Overseen by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, the PGSA functions as a sovereign regulator by requiring ships to submit vessel, cargo, insurance and crew details — along with mandatory payments — for “safe passage” through the strait.

Regional analysts told Fox News Digital that, ahead of deal progression, Iran’s territorial claims had even been stretching beyond its own waters into areas tied to Oman and the UAE.

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Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, told Fox News Digital that enforcement “relies on the IRGC Navy’s asymmetric playbook.”

“This includes fast boats, drones, radar tracking, coastal missiles and selective intimidation rather than constant physical interdiction,” Vatanka said.

“Tehran wants Gulf states and major importers to gradually accept Iranian oversight of Hormuz as a new geopolitical reality,” he added.

While nuclear issues are dominating the current negotiations amid reports of a 60-day ceasefire, the PGSA has quickly emerged as an economic leverage tool threatening global oil and shipping markets.

“Now Hormuz is Iran’s main non-nuclear leverage tool,” Vatanka said as the PGSA he claimed gives Tehran a “mechanism to pressure rivals, favor allies and normalize IRGC oversight of one of the world’s most critical energy routes.”

According to Vatanka, the system was functioning as a wartime extortion mechanism.

“Ships submit cargo and crew data for approval, while reports point to quiet ‘facilitation payments,’ preferential treatment for friendly states and uncertainty for everyone else,” Vatanka warned.

“Iran keeps the penalties deliberately vague. Noncompliant ships risk delays, harassment, drone surveillance, IRGC interception or denial of safe passage — enough pressure to encourage compliance without outright closing the strait.”

While in an effort to navigate young stardom, “Game of Thrones” actress Hannah Murray once found herself in a wellness cult that led to a “catastrophic” psychotic break.

In a new interview with The Guardian, the English actress — who is gearing up to release her upcoming book, “The Make-Believe: A Memoir of Magic and Madness” — opened up about her troubling experience and detailed how she was able to escape the organization. 

“There’s not enough critical thought about wellness, particularly the way it’s been transformed into an industry,” Murray, who played Gilly on “Game of Thrones,” told the outlet. “It’s easy to go, ‘Well, that would never happen to me,’ but we do ourselves a disservice when we start saying that, because you don’t know.”

“I was well-educated, from a middle-class family; everything should have been fine,” she continued. “I thought, ‘I’m smart. I make good choices.’ Well, I made terrible choices. But it’s important to understand why people do these things, rather than going, ‘Oh, they must be idiots.’ Or, ‘How stupid could you be?'”

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Murray said she was first introduced to the cult through an “energy healer” she had met on the set of her 2017 film “Detroit” — in which she played an 18-year-old who was sexually assaulted by the police.

Because the “violent and dark” subject matter of the film took a toll on Murray, she sought guidance in an energy healer she referred to as Grace.

Murray said she first participated in a $150 “healing” session, that eventually led the actress to attend more classes with other members of the organization — which she did not name.

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The 36-year-old actress said there were times when Grace made no sense, according to The Guardian. She talked about bringing “light” into her body and how she could activate her “spiritual DNA” using “powerful and ancient” tools.

“The most appealing thing was the idea that you might discover this whole magical world just under the surface of our world. As a kid, I desperately wanted that to be true,” she said. “When I was going through psychosis, my brain was a cocktail of those stories, this idea that I had discovered the truth, which was that I had this incredible destiny. I was going to save the world. I could fly.”

“I wanted to go further and further, as far as you could go,” the actress continued.

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Eventually, Murray met the cult’s leader — a man she referred to as Steve.

“He exuded power in a way I had never known anyone to exude it,” she said. “Magical power… I knew I was in the presence of a magician.”

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Her breaking point occurred while attending a five-day course in London with fellow cult members.

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Murray began to hallucinate and recalled experiencing a painful psychotic episode in which she felt like she was “giving birth through my skull.” Members of the organization surrounded her and began to chant, “Be gone, evil spirit in Hannah.”

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Murray was eventually rushed to Gordon hospital in Bloomsbury, London, where she was detained for 28 days under the Mental Health Act. She was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

These days, Murray is no longer acting and is weary of anything wellness-related.

“I hear so much, ‘We need to talk more about mental health,'” she told The Guardian. “What they mean is, like, anxiety and depression. We’re all happy to talk about that. But there’s such a taboo around the idea of people who are sectioned. They are beyond the pale.”

“It felt really important to say, ‘I went through this,'” she added. “Lots of people go through this. That doesn’t mean they are bad or f—ed up forever.”

Felix Rosenqvist has won the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 in a thrilling race. 

Rosenqvist overtook David Malukas, spoiling the American’s first-ever IndyCar victory with a fantastic move on the final stretch to win it all. 

It was also the closest finish in Indy 500 history, as Rosenqvist finished 0.023 seconds ahead of Malukas.

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Scott McLaughlin finished in third place, followed by Pato O’Ward, who has now finished second, third and fourth place in three straight Indy 500 runs respectively. 

Toward the end of the race, Brazilian Caio Collet wrecked his vehicle with just seven laps to go, forcing a stoppage out on the track. Collet overcorrected his turn into the wall, and his car went ablaze as it ran into the grass in the middle of the track. 

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As Collet walked out physically unscathed, the front of the pack got to breathe a bit. But despite the red flag, drivers were only allowed to get fans in the car, a drink of water, and some new batteries. No fuel or tires can be replaced on the vehicle.

At the time, Rosenqvist made a great move to push past Pato O’Ward for first place. O’Ward, a nine-time winner in IndyCar, has come up short despite owning leads in past races here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but his vehicle wasn’t at tip-top shape compared to others. He called himself a “sitting duck” post-race considering where his vehicle was compared to others on the track.

But it was full push for everyone on the track with less than 10 laps to go to the finish line. 

When the green flag finally came out with four laps to go, Marcus Armstrong, Rosenqvist’s teammate, bounced to the front with a fantastic move. But so did Malukas, who moved into second place, with Rosenqvist and O’Ward falling to third and fourth, respectively. 

Once again, though, a caution flag came out and the race slowed down. As a result, the final lap of the race was a green and a white flag — one single lap to decide the 110th running of the Indy 500. 

As every car pushed the gas pedal to the floor, Malukas was out front with Armstrong and Rosenqvist battling behind him. But McLaughlin joined the pack with a push of his own, moving up to third place. 

Malukas, who said after the race that he felt his No. 12 was “the fastest car that whole race,” saw victory in sight down the final stretch. 

But Rosenqvist made a move to his right and gunned it just enough to reach the finish line before his opponent, as the Swedish star celebrated over his headset with his team. 

“I gave it 150%. I mean, I almost crashed this car every damn lap, and we still finished P2,” Malukas said through tears after the race. 

Meanwhile, Rosenqvist couldn’t believe the finish, thanking the crowd for sticking through rainy weather and the delays on the track for a finish worth the wait. Rosenqvist also said how much he wished his wife, Emille, and their baby girl who was just born could be there to witness this monumental win for his career.

It’s also a big one for Meyer Shank Racing, marking the second time the team has won the Indy 500. The first was Hélio Castroneves’ historic fourth win at the Indy 500, and he just so happens to be an owner of the vehicle as well. 

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