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Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran claims to be drafting proposal with Oman to 'monitor' Strait of Hormuz

Iran on Thursday claimed its drafting a proposal with Oman to 'monitor' Strait of Hormuz. The comments by Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian diplomat, quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency, described the proposal as "intended to facilitate and ensure safe passage and provide better services to ships passing through this route," reported Associated Press.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Dubai media office denies attack on Oracle data center by Iran

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait air defence respond to missile, drone attacks

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UNSC to decide on 'use of force' to protect Strait of Hormuz

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran vows 'crushing' attacks as strikes hit regional infrastructure

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 'Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants': Trump threatens to strike Iran

US President Donald Trump on Friday warned about ⁠striking ‌and destroying ​bridges and electric power plants in Iran ​in ⁠his latest threat to to the country.

The ‌US military "hasn't even started destroying ‌what's left ⁠in Iran. Bridges next, then ‌Electric ‌Power Plants," ‌Trump wrote on ‌social media.

His post said that ⁠Iran's ⁠leadership "knows what has to be done, and has to be done, ​FAST!"

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran releases ‘hit list’ of 7 major bridges in Gulf pointing at 'tit-for-tat' retaliation

Anadolu Agency reported quoting Fars News Agency that several prominent bridges in regional countries could be possible targets after two strikes hit the B1 bridge in Karaj on Thursday. It published a list of major bridges across the region hinting at a “tit-for-tat” retaliation.

The list includes Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Sea Bridge in Kuwait, King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, Sheikh Zayed Bridge and Sheikh Khalifa Bridge in the United Arab Emirates, as well as King Hussein Bridge, Damia Bridge, and Abdoun Bridge in Jordan.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Drones hit Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, fires reported, no injuries

Kuwait Petroleum ⁠Corporation ⁠said its ‌Mina al-Ahmadi ​refinery was ​hit ⁠by drones early on ⁠Friday, setting ‌off ‌fires ⁠at operating units, ‌according ‌to ‌the ‌state news agency, but ⁠no ⁠injuries were reported.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Bangladesh cuts working hours to save energy amid Middle East crisis

Bangladesh has launched ​fresh measures to curb energy consumption, cutting office hours and trimming public spending as conflict in the Middle East disrupts global ⁠fuel markets and strains power supply in the ⁠South Asian nation.

Officials said the steps approved ‌by cabinet on Thursday ​aim to stabilise the energy situation in Bangladesh, heavily dependent on fuel imports and battered by price volatility and supply uncertainty from the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Under ​the new rules, ⁠government offices will run from 9 am to 4 pm, while markets and shopping centres must shut by 6 p.m. to reduce electricity use.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Oil prices surge while Asian share prices rise moderately

Oil prices continued to surge on worries of a prolonged Iran war, but the Asian markets that were open Friday rose moderately in cautious trading, while others were closed for the Good Friday holidays, reported Associated Press.

Benchmark US crude rose 11.4 per cent to $111.54 a barrel. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 7.8 per cent to $109.03 per barrel.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel military says it is responding to missiles fired from Iran

Israel's military said Friday that its air defences were operating to down missiles fired from Iran, as Tehran keeps up its retaliatory fire on the country, reports AFP.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

The military said in a statement it had "identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait oil refinery units on fire after drone attack

A drone attack on a refinery owned by Kuwait's national oil company on Friday sparked fires at several of its units, state media said, according to AFP report.

"Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) told KUNA that the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was targeted in a drone attack early this morning, resulting in fires in several operational units," official news agency KUNA reported, adding that emergency teams were working to contain the blazes.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran claims it shot down second US 'F-35 fighter jet': Report

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran warns against 'provocative action' ahead of UN vote on Hormuz force

Iran on Friday warned the UN Security Council against any "provocative action" ahead of a vote on a draft resolution mandating a force to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, reports AFP.

"Any provocative action by the aggressors and their supporters, including in the UN Security Council regarding the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, will only complicate the situation," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of Hormuz

Bahrain has significantly watered down a proposed UN resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid opposition from China and Russia about allowing countries to use force to secure the critical waterway Iran has largely cut off to global shipping, reported Associated Press.

The final draft of the proposal, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, authorizes defensive - but not offensive - action to ensure vessels can safely transit the strait. One-fifth of the world's oil typically passes through the waterway, where Iran's stranglehold during the war has sent energy prices soaring.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | French, South Korean leaders say they'll work together on Strait of Hormuz

French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed on Friday to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease global economic uncertainties caused by the war in the Middle East, reported Associated Press.

Their summit in Seoul came as US President Donald Trump slammed allies for not supporting the US and Israeli war against Iran. Macron was making his first visit to South Korea since taking office in 2017 as part of an Asian tour that already has taken him to Japan.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Ship carrying Iranian oil shifts course midway from India to China

A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude oil has rerouted mid-voyage from its previously indicated destination of India - where it would have marked the first such shipment in nearly seven years - to China.

The Aframax tanker Ping Shun, built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, is now signalling Dongying in China as its destination instead of Vadinar in Gujarat, which it had indicated earlier this week, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler.

(PTI)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Kuwait says Iranian attack damaged desalination plant

Kuwait said on Friday an Iranian attack damaged a desalination plant, reports Associated Press.

The attack came after an oil refinery was hit by drones on Friday morning.

Kuwait said without elaborating that the attack on the desalination plant caused "material damage to some of the plant's components."

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Abu Dhabi says debris from intercepted threat hit Habshan gas facilities

Debris from ⁠an intercepted ⁠aerial threat ‌fell ​on Abu Dhabi's Habshan ​gas ⁠facilities, prompting a temporary suspension ⁠of ‌operations and ‌a ⁠fire that emergency teams ‌were ‌working to ‌contain, ‌with no injuries ⁠reported, ⁠the Abu Dhabi Media Office ​said.

(Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war

Iran should make a deal with the United States to end the war by offering to curb its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, a former Iranian foreign minister said, reports AFP.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served as foreign minister from 2013-2021, claimed in an op-ed for American journal Foreign Affairs that Tehran had the "upper hand" in the conflict against the US and Israel, but argued Iran needed to stop the war to prevent the loss of more civilian lives and damage to infrastructure.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Abu Dhabi gas complex shut as fire erupts after intercepted attack

A fire caused by falling debris from an intercepted attack forced the suspension of operations at a gas complex in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on Friday, the government media office said, reports AFP.

"Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to an incident of falling debris at the Habshan gas facilities, following successful interception by air defence systems. Operations have been suspended while authorities respond to a fire. No injuries have been reported," the emirate's media office said on X.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Ukraine offers to help unblock Hormuz

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in remarks made public Friday said his country could help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure by Iran has rattled the global economy, reports AFP.

Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane -- threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy -- in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war.

"No one has involved us specifically in the issue of the Strait of Hormuz. During my visits, I told representatives of the Middle East and Gulf countries: Ukraine is ready to help with everything related to defence," Zelensky said.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Container ship with declared French ownership passes through Hormuz strait

A container ship declaring itself to have a French owner passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, according Marine Traffic data analysed by AFP Friday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | UK to send Rapid Sentry air defence system to Kuwait, PM's office says

Britain will deploy its Rapid Sentry air defence ⁠system to Kuwait ⁠to help protect British ‌and ​Kuwaiti interests in the Gulf, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office ​said on ⁠Friday, after an overnight Iranian drone attack on a ⁠Kuwaiti ‌oil facility.

Starmer discussed the deployment in ‌a call with ⁠Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad ‌al-Sabah on ‌Friday morning, a Downing Street ‌spokesperson said.

"The ‌Prime Minister began by condemning the reckless overnight ⁠drone attack ⁠on a Kuwaiti oil refinery," the spokesperson said. "He reiterated that the UK stands with ​Kuwait and all our ​allies in ​the Gulf." (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran launches missiles at Israel, Gulf states as explosions hit Tehran

Iran's missiles set alight a refinery and damaged a desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday as Israeli and US strikes kept hitting Iran.

As the war that began February 28 was to enter its sixth week, Israel, Bahrain and Kuwait warned about incoming missile fire, although it was unclear if anything was struck. Activists in Iran reported strikes around Tehran and the central city of Isfahan.

Iran's attacks on Gulf region energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, has sent oil prices skyrocketing.

President Donald Trump said US forces will keep hitting Iran "very hard" in the next two or three weeks. (AP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | French-linked container ship transits Strait of Hormuz

The CMA CGM Kribi, sailing under a Malta flag and operated by French shipping company CMA CGM, became possibly the first vessel with links to France to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since Iran effectively closed it, according to the MarineTraffic website.

The ship departed waters off Dubai on Thursday and arrived Friday off Muscat, Oman, MarineTraffic data showed.

CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipping company, declined to comment when contacted by AP. (AP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel army says to strike two bridges in east Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Friday it plans to strike two bridges in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa region, warning residents in the area to evacuate.

"In order to prevent the transfer of reinforcements and military equipment... the IDF intends to target the Sohmor and Mashghara bridges," the military's Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee said on X.

"For your safety, you must continue moving to the area north of the Zahrani River and refrain from any movement southward that may endanger your lives." (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Drone hits aid warehouse in Iran, Red Cross says

A drone strike in southern Iran hit a warehouse holding ⁠aid containers and emergency vehicles, ⁠a spokesperson for ‌the International ​Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday.

The strike ​in the ⁠southern province of Bushehr early on Friday destroyed two containers, two buses ⁠and ‌an unspecified number of emergency vehicles, the spokesperson ‌said. She did ⁠not attribute blame and Reuters could not immediately ‌establish responsibility.

The IFRC is ‌the only humanitarian ‌group working across ‌the country and has 100,000 responders. Three of them have been killed ⁠since ⁠the U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country began on February 28.

Its head of delegation in Iran told Reuters on ​Thursday that medical needs were ​rising exponentially ​and supplies could run low. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 12 including 5 Indians injured in Abu Dhabi after attack intercepted: Govt

At least 12 people were injured in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on Friday as a result of falling debris following the interception of an attack, the government media office said.

The incident in the Ajban area "resulted in minor to moderate injuries sustained by 6 individuals of Nepali nationality and 5 individuals of Indian nationality, and one major injury sustained by an individual of Nepali nationality," the Abu Dhabi Media Office posted on X. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Captured US pilot, foiled America's effort to rescue him, claims Iranian media

Iranian news agency Tasnim has said that Iranian forces have captured a US fighter pilot after the downing a F-35 jet.

The news agency also claimed that Iran has foiled a bid by America to save the pilot.

The US has not respond to the claims yet.

According to AP news agency, the anchor on a local channel in Iran's Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province read the following announcement: "If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize."

The channel provided no other immediate details.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US can take Strait of Hormuz with more time: Trump

President Donald Trump ⁠on Friday said ⁠the US can ​open the Strait of ​Hormuz ⁠with a little more time.

"With a ⁠little ‌more time, we ‌can ⁠easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, ‌TAKE ‌THE ‌OIL,& ‌MAKE A FORTUNE," Trump said ⁠in ⁠a post on Truth Social.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Large blast rocks northern Tehran: AFP journalist

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran media says army searching for pilot of downed US fighter jet (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel resumes operatons at gas field shut after Iran war began

Israel has resumed operations at a major natural gas field that had been shut down since the onset of its war with Iran, a move that had halted exports to neighbouring Egypt and Jordan.

At the outbreak of hostilities on February 28, Israel ordered the suspension of activity at two offshore gas fields -- Leviathan and Karish facilities.

Israel's ministry of energy and infrastructure has now announced that production at the Leviathan field has been restored.

"Following situation assessments and examination of all relevant considerations, it was decided at this stage to return the Leviathan rig to operation," a ministry statement said. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US fighter jet shot down over Iran, search underway for crew, US official says

A US fighter ⁠jet was shot ⁠down over ‌Iran ​and a search and rescue ​operation ⁠was underway for any survivors, a US ⁠official ‌told Reuters on Friday.

The ‌official, ⁠who spoke on condition ‌of ‌anonymity, did not offer ‌further ‌details. The Pentagon and ⁠US ⁠Central Command did not immediately respond to requests for ​comment.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 'Special commendation' for whoever captures, kills US crew, says Iranian governor

The governor of Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province said whomever captured or killed the crew "would ​be specially commended," according to ​the semi-official ​Iranian news agency ISNA.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Began striking terror infrastructure in Beirut: Israeli military

The Israeli military ⁠said on Friday it ⁠has ‌begun ​striking what it called "terror infrastructure" in the ​Lebanese ⁠capital Beirut.

Reuters reporters heard three ⁠loud ‌blasts echoing across the city. ‌Lebanese ⁠media outlets said the ‌strikes ‌hit Beirut's southern suburbs, ‌after ‌Israel's military spokesperson issued a new ⁠warning ⁠for the entire zone earlier on Friday. (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel military announces 'wide-scale wave' of strikes in Tehran

The Israeli military said it had launched a wave of strikes in Tehran on Friday, alongside parallel attacks in Beirut.

"In addition to the strikes in Beirut, the IDF has begun a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian regime in Tehran," the military said. (AFP)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US forces rescue one crew member after fighter jet downed over Iran: CBS News, citing two US officials

One crew ⁠member ⁠from ‌a U.S. ​fighter jet that ​was ⁠shot down over Iran ⁠has ‌been ‌rescued ⁠by U.S. forces, CBS ‌News ‌reported ‌on ‌Friday, citing two ⁠US ⁠officials.

Israeli ‌media also confirmed the same citing Israeli ⁠officials.

According to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the plane was an F-15E fighter, which is crewed by a pilot and a weapons-systems officer in the back seat.

CNN also said that analysis of what Iranian media said were photos of the wreckage showed an F-15, rather than an F-35 stealth fighter, as claimed in some Iranian reports.

US media reported that President Donald Trump had been briefed on the situation.

However, there was no immediate on-the-record response from the White House or Pentagon to requests for comment.

US media reported that a search-and-rescue operation was underway by specialized US forces, following what would be the first known loss of a jet inside Iran since Trump ordered the war. (Agencies)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran says air attack hits recreational area in Tabriz - Iran's Nournews

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | US embassy in Beirut warns of possible Iran threat to universities in Lebanon

The US ⁠embassy ⁠in ‌Beirut said on ​Friday that Iran ​and ⁠its aligned armed groups "may intend ⁠to ‌target universities in ‌Lebanon".

In ⁠a security alert, ‌the ‌embassy ‌also ‌urged US citizens to depart ⁠Lebanon "while ⁠commercial flight options remain available". (Reuters)

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Two fires erupted at the gas facilities following the attack and were contained

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel strikes Beirut, US warns Iran may hit Lebanese universities

Israel attacked Beirut with airstrikes and said ⁠that the military had targeted militant "infrastructure" in Lebanon's capital, as the US warned that Iran may target universities in ⁠the country as the Middle East war rages.

-Reuters

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran targeted 'enemy' aircraft near Strait of Hormuz

​Iran's air defence system ⁠targeted an "enemy" A-10 aircraft ⁠in ‌southern ​waters near the Strait of Hormuz.

-Reuters

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran military says downed second US jet in Gulf

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Russian oil terminals under attack unable to accept shipments for second week

Russia's Baltic oil ​export hubs at Ust-Luga and Primorsk remain unable to handle shipments after a series of Ukrainian drone attacks, prompting the ⁠country's refineries to find alternative routes for export.

The attacks have ‌damaged port infrastructure ​and continued through the last two weeks of March, with at least five strikes on Ust-Luga in the space of 10 days.

-Reuters

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | WHO warns about attacks on Iran health facilities, regional threat

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Second US aircraft went down in Middle East

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel destroys east Lebanon bridge, hits south Beirut

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Cannot comment on what US will do if missing pilot in Iran is harmed: Trump

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Search still ongoing for missing crew member of downed US fighter jet: Iranian provincial official

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Four citizens sustain minor injuries, several houses in Sitra damaged due to Iranian drones: Bahrain

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Explosions heard in Syria's Damascus

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran is quickly repairing missile bunkers: US Intelligence

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Missiles fired from Iran: Israeli army

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Striking infrastructure ‌sites ⁠of Hezbollah in Beirut: Israeli military

The ⁠Israeli ⁠military ‌said ​early on Saturday ​it ⁠had begun ⁠striking ‌infrastructure ‌sites ⁠of the Lebanese militant ‌group ‌Hezbollah ‌in ‌Beirut.

-Reuters

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | One wounded after Iranian missile attack: Israel medics