Iran, US-Israel War Updates | Projectile hits near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Drones, rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say

Rockets and at least five drones were launched at the U.S. ⁠embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday from areas ⁠around the city, Iraqi security ‌sources said, describing the ​attack as the most intense since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

A Reuters witness saw at least three drones ​heading in ⁠the direction of the embassy. The C-RAM air defence system shot down two of them while a third struck inside ⁠the embassy ‌compound, from which fire and smoke could be seen rising, the ‌witness said. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UAE air traffic operations return to normal

Air ⁠traffic ‌in the ​United Arab Emirates returned to normal after temporary ​precautionary measures ⁠were lifted, state news agency WAM reported ⁠on ‌Tuesday, citing the country's General Civil ‌Aviation Authority.

Earlier ⁠on Tuesday, the authority ‌announced a ‌temporary closure of the ‌country's ‌airspace amid rapidly evolving regional security developments, ⁠after ⁠the defence ministry said it was responding to incoming missile and drone ​threats from ​Iran. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Projectile hits tanker off UAE's Fujairah, UKMTO says

An unknown projectile struck ⁠a tanker 23 ⁠nautical ‌miles east ​of Fujairah in the ​United ⁠Arab Emirates causing minor structural damage, ⁠the ‌United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) ‌said ⁠on Tuesday.

There were no ‌injuries ‌reported to ‌the ‌crew, the agency said in ⁠an ⁠advisory, adding no environmental impact was reported.

Operations at the ⁠United Arab Emirates' Shah gas field remained suspended on Tuesday following ⁠a drone attack, while a ‌fresh attack caused a ​fire in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |Trump was warned of likely Iranian retaliation on Gulf allies: Report

President Donald Trump was warned that attacking Iran could trigger retaliation against US Gulf allies despite his claims on Monday that Tehran's reaction came as a surprise, said a US official ⁠and two sources familiar with US intelligence reports.

Pre-war intelligence assessments did not say that Iran’s response was "a guarantee, but it ⁠certainly was on the list of potential outcomes," said one source, who like the ‌other two requested anonymity to discuss the issue.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |Israel struck three areas in Beirut: Lebanese state media

Lebanese state media on Tuesday said that Israel struck three Beirut neighbourhoods, that hit a residential building.

"A series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn," reported AFP quoting Lebanon's National News Agency.

"Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas. In another raid, the aircraft struck a residential apartment on the upper floors of a building located at the end of Venice Street in the Doha Aramoun area," said AFP report.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |Middle East oil becomes most expensive in the world as war cuts supply

Middle East crude benchmarks soared to all-time highs, becoming the most expensive oil in the world.

Cash Dubai was assessed at a record $153.25 barrel on Monday for May-loading cargoes, S&P Global Platts said, surpassing Brent futures' all-time high of $147.50 in 2008.

That put Dubai's premium to swaps at $56.01 a barrel on Monday, accounting for about ​a third of the crude's value ⁠and up from an average of 90 cents in February, data from Reuters showed.

Similarly, Oman crude futures hit a record of $147.79 a barrel, setting their premium to Dubai swaps at $50.57 a barrel, far above February's 75 cents average.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |Iran 'negotiating' with FIFA over moving World Cup games to Mexico: Embassy

Iran's football federation is "negotiating" with FIFA to relocate the country's first-round matches at the World Cup to Mexico from the United States, citing the conflict in the Middle East, said Iran's embassy in Mexico, reported AFP.

"When (US President Donald) Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America," Iranian football chief Mehdi Taj said in remarks posted on the embassy's X account.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | We don't need anybody: Miffed Trump says after allies reject Hormuz request

President Donald Trump has warned that the NATO alliance could be at risk if it fails to step up to unblock the strategic waterway, saying other countries get most of their oil supply through it and must contribute, said AFP report.

But while he insisted Monday that "we don't need anybody" to clear the straits, he also thundered that US allies from Europe to Asia owe Washington for giving them decades of protection, reported AFP.

Trump has also hit out at China for failing to help.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Explosions heard in Dubai: Report

Three explosions echoed across Dubai after a missile alert early on Tuesday, according to an AFP correspondent.

The blasts followed a mobile phone alert to residents to "immediately seek a safe place" over "potential missile threats".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Safety alert sounded in Doha, several explosions heard: Report

Several explosions were heard in Doha on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, a day after several blasts resounded across the Qatari capital.

Safety alert sounded in Doha amid the explosions.

Qatar, like several Gulf nations, has been targeted by drones and missiles in the last days as Tehran presses a retaliatory campaign over attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Qatar intercepts missile attack

Qatar said Tuesday it had intercepted a missile attack as Iran presses its retaliatory campaign, reported AFP.

"The Ministry of Defense of State of Qatar announces that armed forces intercepted missile attack which targeted State of Qatar," the defence ministry posted on X

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Oil climbs over 2% as Iran war halts supply

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous session's losses, on worries ⁠about supply with the Strait of Hormuz mostly shut and U.S. allies rebuffing calls to send ⁠warships to help tankers move through the vital waterway.

Brent futures jumped $2.74, or ‌2.7%, to $102.95 a barrel by 0357 ​GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $2.45, or 2.6%, to $95.95.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: IMO chief

The head of the ⁠International Maritime Organization ⁠has said ‌that ​naval escorts through the Strait of ​Hormuz ⁠will not "100 percent guarantee" the safety ⁠of ships ‌attempting to transit ‌the ⁠waterway, the Financial Times reported ‌on ‌Tuesday.

Military assistance was "not ‌a ‌long-term or sustainable solution" to ⁠opening ⁠up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez told FT.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pak national killed after debris from intercepted missile falls in Abu Dhabi

Falling shrapnel from an intercepted missile killed a Pakistani national in Abu Dhabi, the government media office said on Tuesday, reported AFP.

The incident took place in the Bani Yas area "following the interception of a ballistic missile by air defences", the Abu Dhabi Media Office said.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel strikes Tehran, Beirut as Iraq pulled deeper into Mideast war

Israel launched a wave of strikes on Tehran and Beirut on Tuesday while attacks in Baghdad drew neighbouring Iraq deeper into the Middle East war that has sparked economic turmoil across the globe, reported AFP.

Lebanese state media reported Tuesday that Israeli strikes at dawn hit a residential building in Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Ten foreign individuals arrested in Iran: Report

Iran Guards say 10 'foreign spies' arrested, reported AFP.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Oil price up more than five percent on Iran War

The price of oil jumped more than five percent Tuesday as several countries pushed back against Donald Trump's demand that they help secure the key Strait of Hormuz, while Iran targeted crude-producing neighbours, reported AFP.

At around 0615 GMT, US benchmark West Texas West Texas Intermediate was up 5.16 percent at $98.32 a barrel while Brent Crude also rose above five percent before easing back.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran parliament speaker says regional security can only be established by local states

The US military presence in the ⁠Middle East does not ⁠bring security, ‌Iran's ​Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf told state TV on ​Tuesday, pointing ⁠out that regional security needs to be established ⁠by regional ‌countries.

"The face and order of ‌the Middle ⁠East will change, but not according ‌to U.S. ‌plans. We, the ‌Islamic ‌countries of the region, will establish regional order ⁠and ⁠security in the economic and security dimensions," Qalibaf said, adding that US forces need ​to leave the ​region. 

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Lufthansa CEO tells Iran war will diminish Gulf carriers' dominance in Asia

Germany's Lufthansa expects the dominance of ⁠Gulf carriers like ⁠Emirates and Qatar ‌Airways ​on Asian routes to be diminished by ​the Iran war, ⁠CEO Carsten Spohr told business magazine Manager ⁠Magazin ‌in an interview published on ‌Tuesday.

"The major ⁠hubs of the Gulf carriers ‌are ‌located in a ‌region that is ‌now clearly exposed to new risks. ⁠What ⁠this means for the future of global air travel remains to ​be seen," he ​said. 

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait says 16 people arrested over Hezbollah links

Kuwaiti security forces arrested 16 people suspected of having links with Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group allied with Iran, the state-run AP reported quoting Kuwait News Agency reported.

The interior ministry said in a statement late Monday that the 14 Kuwaiti and two Lebanese suspects sought to "create chaos, and disrupt public order," during the war, the agency reported.

The ministry did not identify the people arrested. It was not immediately clear if they had lawyers.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iraq in talks with Iran to allow oil tankers through Hormuz Strait

Iraq's oil minister said Baghdad ⁠is in ⁠contact with ‌Iran ​to allow some oil tankers to pass ​through ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, the state ⁠news ‌agency reported on Tuesday.

Iraq is ‌also working ⁠to resume exports through ‌the Kirkuk-Ceyhan ‌pipeline to Turkey ‌as ‌it seeks to offset disruptions to ⁠shipments ⁠caused by the Hormuz crisis, after some vessels were attacked ​off the ​Iraqi coast ​during transfers. 

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | India fuel retailers seek advance payments from dealers as global price surges

Indian state-owned fuel retailers are seeking advance payments for gasoline and gasoil supplied to fuel pumps ⁠nationwide, dealers said, as the companies are suffering ⁠significant revenue losses from ‌retail sales.

About 90% of ​the country's 101,470 retail fuel stations are linked to state refiners and retailer Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum ​Corp.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Loud explosions heard in Iran's capital: Report

Loud explosions shook Iran's capital on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, after a night of bombing in the war with the United States and Israel.

It was not immediately clear what the targets were but the blasts were heard in Tehran city centre, and followed a night of heavy explosions mixed with thunder and rain across the city, the reporter said according to the report.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli media say strike targeted Iran's Larijani, fate unclear

Israeli ⁠media said ⁠on Tuesday ‌that ​the military has targeted ​Iran's ⁠security chief Ali Larijani, ⁠adding ‌that it was ‌not ⁠immediately clear whether ‌he was ‌killed ‌or ‌injured.

Iran has not ⁠yet ⁠commented on the report.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | IDF says it eliminated Iranian commander Gholamreza Soleimani

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday said that it eliminated commander of the Basij unit, Gholamreza Soleimani.

In a post on X it said, "Yesterday, the IDF targeted & eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past 6 years. Under Soleimani, the Basij unit led the main repression operations in Iran, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | China says it will provide humanitarian assistance to Iran, West Asia nations

China said on Tuesday said it will provide humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in US and Israeli strikes in the conflict now in its third week, reported AFP.

"China has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. It is hoped this will help alleviate the humanitarian plight faced by the local populations," China's foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in a press conference.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two medical staff injured by shrapnel in Kuwait: Report

Two medical staff were injured when shrapnel fell on an emergency medical centre in Kuwait on Tuesday, AFP reported quoting the health ministry.

"Two members of the emergency medical teams sustained injuries while at their workplace at an emergency medical centre when shrapnel fell on the site," the health ministry said.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli Defense Minister says Iran's security chief Larijani killed in strike

Israeli Defense Minister Katz said that Iran's security chief Larijani was killed in strike.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Lebanese army says five soldiers wounded in Israeli strike in south Lebanon

Five ​Lebanese soldiers were wounded, two critically, in an Israeli air strike in the city ⁠of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese ⁠army said on Tuesday, amid ‌escalating hostilities ​between Israel and Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's new supreme leader rejects proposals for reducing tensions with US, senior official says

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba ⁠Khamenei has rejected ⁠proposals ‌for reducing tensions ​or for a ceasefire with the ​United ⁠States that were conveyed to Tehran by ⁠two ‌intermediary countries, a senior Iranian official ‌said .

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli military says Iran has launched missiles towards the country

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Blasts heard from Jerusalem after warning of Iran missiles in north Israel

A series of distant blasts were heard on Tuesday from Jerusalem after sirens sounded in northern Israel following a warning that Iran had fired missiles.

(AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UAE airspace briefly closed due to missile, drone threat

The United Arab Emirates briefly closed its airspace on Tuesday in response to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran, a second straight day of aviation disruption ⁠after a drone caused a fire near Dubai airport on Monday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran urges states to condemn US-Israel attacks

Disruptions in the ⁠Strait of Hormuz ⁠cannot ‌be addressed ​independently of the US-Israeli ​war against ⁠Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi ⁠told ‌UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according ‌to ⁠his Telegram account on Tuesday.

Araqchi ‌also ‌called upon ‌states ‌and institutions concerned with global ⁠peace ⁠and security to condemn US-Israeli attacks on his ​country.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran detains dozens, warns of risk from 'enemy' during festival

Iran arrested 10 foreigners among dozens rounded up on suspicion of collaborating with Israel and the US, Iranian media said ⁠on Tuesday, as officials warned people to stay at home during a ⁠festival that they said could be exploited by "the enemy".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

The director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, Joe Kent has announced his resignation, saying he "cannot in good conscience" back the Trump administration's war in Iran.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron

President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back ⁠on comments by US President Donald Trump that Paris was willing to help.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Rejected by NATO, most allies to join mission to secure Hormuz: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran rages on.

Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway, fumed that the US is not getting support "despite the fact that almost every country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot" be allowed to secure a nuclear weapon.

(AP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump says NATO making a mistake by not helping with the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald ⁠Trump on ⁠Tuesday said ‌NATO  was making "a very foolish ​mistake" ⁠by not wanting to aid ⁠the ‌United States ‌to ⁠unblock the Strait ‌of Hormuz, ‌even as ‌he ‌added that Washington ⁠did ⁠not need help.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump says US will leave Iran operation in 'very near future'

President ⁠Donald Trump told ⁠reporters ‌on ​Tuesday that the United ​States ⁠was not ready to ⁠leave ‌the military operation ‌in ⁠Iran yet, but ‌that "we'll ‌be leaving ‌in ‌pretty much the ⁠very ⁠near future".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel has ‘won’ war with Iran, foreign minister says, but goals remain unmet

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday the country had effectively won its war with Iran, but gave no indication of when ⁠the conflict might end, saying only that the campaign would continue until its objectives were achieved.

Speaking at a news conference, ⁠Saar said Israel was seeking to remove "existential threats", but did not say how the government ‌would determine when those goals had been ​met.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Rocket, drone attacks resume on US embassy, diplomatic facility in Baghdad

Rocket and drone attacks on the US ⁠embassy and a ⁠diplomatic facility in ‌Iraq resumed on ​Tuesday after a series of earlier strikes ​the same ⁠day, security sources said.

Rockets and an explosive drone targeted ⁠the ‌US Embassy in Baghdad, triggering sirens ‌and an ⁠explosion was heard near the compound, ‌security sources ‌said.

At least three ‌explosive ‌drones also targeted a US diplomatic facility near ⁠Baghdad International ⁠Airport, activating C-RAM air defence systems, the sources added. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Projectile hits area near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant

A projectile hit the ⁠area near Iran's ⁠Bushehr Nuclear ‌power plant ​on Tuesday, Iran's Tansim news agency ​cited the ⁠country's Atomic Energy Organisation as saying, adding ⁠no ‌damage had been reported.

The ‌projectile ⁠hit the vicinity of the ‌nuclear ‌power plant in ‌the ‌port city of Bushehr at around ⁠7 ⁠pm local time, the news agency added. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force killed, Iranian state media says

Gholamreza ⁠Soleimani, ⁠the commander ‌of ​Iran's paramilitary Basij ​force ⁠was killed in US-Israel ⁠attacks, ‌Iran's ‌state ⁠media said on ‌Tuesday. ‌Israel had ‌earlier ‌on Tuesday ⁠said ⁠it killed Soliemani. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Ali Larijani, Iran's ultimate backroom powerbroker, killed in Israeli airstrike

Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani was one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, an architect of its security policy, and ​a close adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until the supreme leader's death in an airstrike last month.

Larijani, 67, was killed by a U.S.-Israeli air attack as he was visiting his daughter in the eastern outskirts of a Tehran suburb, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said on Tuesday.

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said earlier on Tuesday that he had been killed in an Israeli strike.

The scion of a leading clerical family with brothers who rose to high positions after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Larijani was seen as canny and pragmatic but always fiercely determined to uphold Iran's theocratic system of ⁠government. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Russia's Rosatom condemns strike on territory of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, ⁠condemned a strike on the territory ⁠of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power ‌plant on ​Tuesday and called for de-escalation around the facility.

"We categorically condemn what has occurred and call on ​all sides in ⁠the conflict to use every effort to de-escalate the situation around the Bushehr nuclear power ⁠plant," ‌the head of Rosatom, Aleksei Likhachev said in a statement. (Reuters)