July 25 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another.

US-Iran tensions escalate as Iran rejects US strike threats, Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi tankers, and the US launches strikes on Iranian targets, raising fears of regional conflict and soaring oil prices.

The discussions at the White House came days before a planned meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Across the region, Iran and the United States continued to trade attacks.

The rising tension in the Red Sea has threatened to further choke global shipping, because the Houthi rebels have said they would close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday it completed its latest round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, for a 12th successive night of American attacks.

The U.S. struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military says it hit Iranian targets over Iran's drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first American strikes on Iran since the two countries formally agreed to extend a ceasefire last week.

Drones carrying explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where U.S. forces are stationed, and sirens rang out in Bahrain.