Iran, US-Israel War Live Highlights| Indian worker killed in Iranian strike, says Kuwait

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US envoy predicts Iran talks as war enters second month

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Friday he believes Iran will hold talks with Washington "this week" as the US-Israeli war against Tehran entered its second month.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Explosions heard in Damascus as Israel intercepts Iranian missiles, Syria state TV says

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UAE says air defences responding to Iran missile, drone attack

The United Arab Emirates said its air defences were responding to an incoming missile and drone attack from Iran early Saturday, as Tehran pressed strikes in the Gulf a month into the regional war.

A defence ministry statement said forces were "intercepting cruise missiles and UAVs (drones)" fired from Iran.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 12 US troops wounded in Iran strike on Saudi base: reports

An Iranian attack on a base in Saudi Arabia has wounded at least 12 American soldiers, two of them seriously, US media reported Friday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel says it faces first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East intensifies

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Thai PM says reached deal with Iran for vessels to transit Hormuz Strait

Thailand has reached an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the Southeast Asian nation's Prime Minister said on Saturday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Five injured in Abu Dhabi after missile intercepted near KEZAD, authorities say

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel says it intercepted first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East intensifies

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Yemen's Houthis confirm launching attack on Israel for first time in current war

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis confirmed on Saturday that ⁠they had launched ⁠an attack on ‌Israel for ​the first time during the current Israeli-US war against Iran, ​marking ⁠their entry to the conflict and raising the prospects of ⁠a ‌broader regional confrontation.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pakistan to host Saudi, Turkey, Egypt for talks on Mideast war

Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will meet in Islamabad for talks on the war in the Middle East, the government said on Saturday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel strikes towns, villages across southern Lebanon

Israel carried out dawn airstrikes on several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel and Hezbollah said they continued to target each other's forces.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US-Israeli strikes hit multiple residential, civilian areas in Iran: Iranian media

Iranian media said on Saturday that US-Israeli strikes hit multiple residential areas, killing more than a dozen people overnight.

Strikes on residential areas in Borujerd, a city in the western province of Lorestan, killed "seven and wounded 36 others," Fars news agency quoted provincial official Ghodratollah Valadi as saying.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's president says trust needed for talks, Pakistan prime minister's office says

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Pakistan's ⁠Prime Minister Shehbaz ⁠Sharif that trust ‌is needed ​to facilitate talks and mediation on the conflict in ​the ⁠Middle East, the prime minister's office said on Saturday.

It ⁠said ‌Pezeshkian had praised Pakistan's diplomatic ‌efforts and that ⁠the two leaders had discussed hostilities ‌in ‌the region and efforts ‌to end ‌the conflict during a call that lasted ⁠over an ⁠hour. Sharif briefed Pezeshkian on Pakistan's diplomatic contacts with the United States and ​Gulf states, it ​said. 

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pak PM Sharif condemns continued Israeli attacks on Iran during phone call with Pezeshkian

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday in a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held discussions regarding the ongoing hostilities in West Asia and condemned the continued Israeli attacks on Tehran.

"During their detailed conversation that lasted over one hour, the two leaders held extensive discussions regarding the ongoing hostilities in the region and peace efforts," a statement by the Prime Minister's Office said.

Sharif informed the Iranian president of the diplomatic outreach efforts being undertaken by him, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar as well as Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, it said.

Pakistan was engaging the US, Gulf and Islamic countries, to create a conducive environment for peace talks, the statement said.

The prime minister briefed the Iranian president on the strong endorsement of Pakistan's peace initiative and expressed the hope that a viable path towards ending hostilities could be found collectively, it said.

(PTI)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's Revolutionary Guards Say Missiles 'Destroyed' Ukrainian Air-Defense Depot in Dubai -Fars News Agency

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Zelenskyy visits UAE for talks on security situation, reports AP

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the UAE and met his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday, to discuss regional security in the Middle East, reports AP.

"For Ukraine, this is also a matter of principle: terror must not prevail anywhere in the world. Protection must be sufficient everywhere," Zelenskyy said in a post on X following his meeting with the Emirati leader.

He said they discussed "the security situation in the Emirates, Iranian strikes, and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which directly affects the global oil market."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pakistan to host Saudi, Turkey, Egypt for talks on West Asia war

Pakistan's prime minister said he had a "detailed" call with Iran's president on Saturday, as foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey prepared to meet in Islamabad for talks on the war in West Asia, reports AFP.

Shehbaz Sharif's government has emerged as a key facilitator between Iran and the United States as their war drags on, serving as an intermediary for messages between the two sides.

Top diplomats from Riyadh, Cairo and Ankara are due in the Pakistani capital Sunday and Monday for "in-depth discussions on a range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region", the Pakistan foreign ministry said.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait airport suffers 'significant' radar system damage in Iranian drone attacks

Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple ​drone ⁠attacks that caused significant damage to its radar ⁠system ‌but resulted in no casualties, ‌state news agency ⁠KUNA said on Saturday, citing ‌the ‌country's Civil Aviation Authority.

The ‌authority's spokesperson ‌later said the attacks were carried out ⁠by ⁠Iran, its proxies, and the armed factions it supports.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Maersk says operations at Oman's Salalah port suspended after drone attack, reports AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two India-bound LPG tankers crossing Strait of Hormuz out of Gulf, data shows

Two liquefied petroleum gas tankers, BW Elm and BW Tyr, are crossing the Strait of Hormuz bound for ⁠India, according to ship tracking data from LSEG and ⁠Kpler.

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran ‌has all but ​halted shipping through the strait, but Iran said this week that "non-hostile vessels" may transit the waterway if they coordinate with Iranian authorities.

The two India-flagged ​vessels have crossed ⁠the Gulf area and are in the eastern Strait of Hormuz, the data showed.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Informal group of ministers led by Rajnath Singh discuss the West Asia crisis

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Blasts heard over Jerusalem after Iran missiles detected: AFP

AFP journalists reported two blasts heard over Jerusalem, after the Israeli military said it had detected incoming missiles launched from Iran.

The apparent attack came shortly after the Israeli military said it had completed a wave of strikes across the Iranian capital Tehran

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran sceptical over diplomatic efforts to stop war, says Araghchi as Houthis launch missile at Israel

Iran is sceptical about the recent diplomatic efforts to stop the war in the Middle East, Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Turkish counterpart over a call on Saturday while Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel as the war in West Asia marks its one-month anniversary, reports AP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | PM Modi speaks to Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman; discusses ongoing conflict in West Asia

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran Guards say dismantled US, Israeli 'cluster bombs' in southern province

 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had found and dismantled more than 120 unexploded cluster bombs, alleging they were dropped during US and Israeli attacks on a southern province, reports AFP

"So far, 122 cluster bombs have been discovered and destroyed around Shiraz and in several towns,"the ISNA news agency quoted Jalal Yarmohammadi, deputy head of public relations for the Guards in Fars province, as saying.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq's prime minister condemns attack on house of Kurdistan region's president

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed ⁠Shia al-Sudani condemned ⁠an attack ‌on ​the house of the president ​of the ⁠country's Kurdistan Region, the prime ⁠minister's ‌office said in a statement.

Al-Sudani ‌spoke ⁠to Kurdish President Nechirvan ‌Barzani ‌by telephone, it ‌said. ‌The attack occurred early on ⁠Saturday, according ⁠to security sources.

Syrian army says confronted drone attack on base, reports AFP

 The Syrian army said on Saturday that it had repelled a drone attack from neighbouring Iraq that targeted a southern Syrian base which previously housed US forces, state media reported.

Syria's official news agency SANA quoted the army as saying that its units were able to "repel a drone attack on the al-Tanf military base in the south of the country".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Saudi pipeline pumping 7 million bpd of oil, bypassing Hormuz, Bloomberg News reports

 Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, which circumvents the Strait of Hormuz, is pumping ⁠oil at its full capacity of 7 million ⁠barrels a day, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Saturday, ​citing a person familiar with the matter.

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port on the Red Sea have ​now reached 5 ⁠million barrels a day, and the country is also exporting about 700,000 to 900,000 barrels a day of ⁠oil products, ‌the Bloomberg report said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. ‌Saudi Arabia's Aramco did not immediately respond ⁠to a request for comment.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Baghdad orders probe after drone targets Kurdistan president’s home

A drone attack targeted the home of the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Region early ⁠on Saturday, security sources said, in an incident ⁠that comes as tensions continue to ‌rise across northern ​Iraq.

Air defences also shot down a drone near a Peshmerga fighters’ base in Duhok, the sources added.

The strikes come amid a surge ​in attacks on ⁠both Iran-aligned militias and Kurdish forces as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran spills over into Iraq, drawing in multiple armed groups ⁠and straining ‌Baghdad’s efforts to contain the fallout.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned ‌the attack on Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani’s home and ⁠spoke with him by phone, his office said.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Strike kills Iraqi fighter in northern Kirkuk: medical, security sources

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike kills three Lebanese journalists, Al Manar TV says

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Zelenskyy visits Gulf Arab states to talk drone defence, seeks strategic ties

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday made unannounced visits to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as Ukraine seeks to use its drone expertise to help Gulf Arab states blunt Iran's attacks during the war in the Middle East.

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has already signed 10-year security agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and expects to shortly finalise a similar agreement with the UAE.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel army says struck Iran complex producing naval weapons

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq's ex-paramilitary PMF says 'Zionist-US' strike killed 3, reports AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two Iraqi police officers killed in airstrike targeting Shi'ite PMF site in Mosul (Reuters)

At least two Iraqi police personnel ⁠were killed and ⁠two ‌wounded in ​an airstrike that targeted a Popular Mobilisation Forces ​headquarters ⁠in Mosul, which was located adjacent to a ⁠police ‌facility, security sources told Reuters on ‌Saturday.

The PMF, ⁠known in Arabic as ‌Hashd al-Shaabi, ‌is an umbrella group ‌of ‌mostly Shi'ite paramilitary factions that was ⁠formally integrated ⁠into Iraq's state security forces and includes several groups aligned with Iran.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Don't strike a deal with Iran's current leaders, opposition figure Pahlavi warns

Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi on Saturday warned that negotiating for peace with ⁠the current leaders of Iran would only push the threat to Americans ‌down the road, and said ​he would once again call for Iranians to protest in the streets.

Citing President Donald Trump's comments earlier this month that he was pressing ahead with attacks on Iran because he did not want to confront security threats ⁠from the country “every ‌two years," Pahlavi warned that negotiating with Iran’s current leadership would mean doing exactly that.

"The only thing that the remnants of this regime can ‌be relied on to do is to buy time, to cheat and to steal. They will never be honest ⁠or true partners for peace," Pahlavi said.

"It will buy time, it will pretend to negotiate, and then it will return to its ‌old jihadist ways of threatening America, its security and its interests." (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran allows additional Pakistani-flagged ships to transit Strait of Hormuz

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Yemen's Houthis announce second missile attack on Israel

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon, reports AFP

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UAE intercepts another barrage of missiles launched from Iran

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran

The Pentagon is ⁠preparing ⁠for ‌weeks of ground ​operations in Iran, ​the ⁠Washington Post reported Saturday, citing ⁠US ‌officials.

Whether President Donald ‌Trump ⁠would approve plans ‌for deploying ‌ground ‌troops ‌remains uncertain, the Post ⁠reported. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait reports confronting missile and drone attacks

"The Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks," the Kuwaiti army posted on X.

"The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they are the result of air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks. Everyone is requested to adhere to the security and safety instructions issued by the competent authorities."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli military says soldier killed in southern Lebanon

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two explosions heard in northern Tehran (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran says missile launched on aluminium plants in Bahrain, UAE

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they launched missile and drone strikes on aluminium plants in Bahrain and the UAE over the weekend, targeting what they described as industries linked to the US military. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Houthis enter monthlong war, could further threaten global shipping

Houthis entered the monthlong war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 US marines arrived in the region. And Pakistan's government said regional powers plan to meet Sunday to discuss how to end the fighting. (AP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Series of explosions heard in Tehran: Report

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | This is undoubtedly a challenging time: PM Modi on West Asia war in his radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat'

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran foreign minister condemns Israeli killing of three journalists in Lebanon

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | PM Modi appeals to all citizens to jointly face challenges emerging due to West Asia war

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemns Israeli killing of 3 journalists in Lebanon

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran parliament speaker says US plots ground attack despite diplomatic efforts

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |'Welcome to hell': Iran warns US troops entering Tehran

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike on ambulance in Lebanon kills paramedic, AFP reports

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkey, Egypt for talks over war

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two more India-bound tankers pass Strait of Hormuz: Shipping ministry

Two LPG carriers, BW TYR and BW ELM, carrying combined LPG cargo of about 94,000 tonnes were sailing towards India's coast

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Qatari news channel Al Araby's office damaged in Tehran

"An Israeli missile targets the Al Araby TV channel building in the capital, Tehran... extensive damage and the suspension of live broadcasting," it said in a post on X.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran threatens to target USS Abraham Lincoln if it moves in range

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | Bahrain announces curfew for maritime traffic: ministry

A nighttime ban on maritime traffic will stretch from 6:00 pm local time until 4:00 am.

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel says impact on industrial complex after Iran missile fire, AFP reports citing local media

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | American University of Beirut moves to online learning after Iran threats

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | India relaxes kerosene rules to tackle energy supply issues

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel army hits key ballistic missile unit in Iran

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | ADAMA plant in southern Israel hit by Iranian missile or debris

Israel's ADAMA , a ⁠maker of ⁠active ingredients ‌and ​crop protection materials, said its Makhteshim ​plant ⁠in southern Israel had been hit.

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | Ten Kuwaiti troops injured in Iranian missile attack on army camp

Iran US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran strike destroys US surveillance aircraft at Saudi airbase, local media reports

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Iran's ambassador won't leave Lebanon despite expulsion, AFP reports citing a source

"The ambassador will not leave Lebanon, in accordance with the wishes of the speaker of parliament Nabih Berri and of Hezbollah," the source said.

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Netanyahu says Israel will widen its invasion of southern Lebanon

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Pakistan PM Shebaz Sherif appreciates Saudi Arabia

"While reaffirming Pakistan's full and unwavering solidarity and support with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister appreciated the remarkable restraint exercised by Saudi Arabia amid the current crisis and assured the Saudi Foreign Minister that Pakistan would always stand shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia," according to the statement.

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed more than 1,200 since March 2

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | "Happy that both Iran and US expressed confidence in Pakistan to facilitate talks," says Pak Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | China supports Pakistan initiative to host talks, says Ishaq Dar

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Pakistan FM says talks could potentially be held in Islamabad

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Iran inflation rate rises to 50.6 percent, statistics centre says

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Israel parliament to vote on budget boosting defence

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Iran's Revolutionary Guards strike industrial complex in southern Israel with ballistic missiles, reports AFP

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Parts of Tehran plunges into darkness after attacks on energy infra

Electricity was cut in parts ⁠of the Iranian ⁠capital Tehran ‌and in ​Alborz province after attacks on infrastructure, Iran's ​state ⁠media cited the country's ministry of energy ⁠as ‌saying on Sunday.

Shrapnel hit ‌a part ⁠of the electricity grid ‌in ‌Alborz province, causing power ‌to ‌be cut in several areas of ⁠Tehran ⁠and the city of Karaj. Authorities were working on reinstating ​it, state media ​added. (Reuters)

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | UAE condemns Iran's "terrorist attack" on Kuwait

"UAE Strongly Condemns Iran’s Unprovoked Terrorist Attack on the State of Kuwait," UAE's foreign ministry said in a statement shared on X.

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Saudi Arabia reports intercepting incoming missiles

"Detection and destruction of a loitering munition missile heading toward the eastern region," Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry posted on X.

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Iranian media reports attack on petrochemical plant in Tabriz city. No hazardous substance released, per Reuters

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon killed after projectile hit, AFP reports

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Indian worker killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait's power station (AFP)

An Iranian strike on a power station in Kuwait killed one Indian worker and damaged a building at the site, the Gulf state's electricity ministry said Monday.

"A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building," said Fatima Abbas Jawhar Hayat, a spokesperson for the ministry.

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Doing extremely well in negotiations with Iran, will make a deal pretty soon: Trump (Reuters)

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | Saudi Arabia intercepts 5 more ballistic missiles in eastern region, Defense Ministry says on X

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | We destroyed many targets today, and we're negotiating with them (Iran) directly and indirectly: Trump

Iran US-Israel War Live Update | 'It's a new group of people': Trump claims regime change in Iran