Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had fired a fresh wave of missiles at Israel, as well as US bases hosting American troops in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.

Tehran has kept up its retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf nations it accuses of serving as launchpads for US strikes.

Drones hit a fuel tank and sparked a fire at Kuwait International Airport, the Gulf state’s civil aviation authority said, causing ‘limited’ damage.

In Bahrain, the interior ministry said air raid sirens were activated, while Jordan’s public security directorate reported shrapnel fell near the capital Amman, resulting in no casualties or damage.

Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted at least four drones in the kingdom’s east.

Iran has launched missiles towards US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

The head of Iran’s Navy has said the US warship is under constant monitoring and will be targeted as soon as it comes within range of Iranian missiles.

Speaking in the White House yesterday, Donald Trump said the US thwarted a large-scale missile attack targeting the Lincoln which has been deployed to the Arabian Sea to support Operation Epic Fury.

‘They shot 100 missiles at one of our aircraft carriers, one of the biggest ships in the world, actually. And of 101 missiles shot, every single one of them was knocked down,’ Trump said.

Gulf states have told the UN Human Rights Council they face an existential threat from Iran as they condemned Iranian attacks on their infrastructure.

The nearly month-long U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has sparked large-scale Iranian retaliation in the form of drone and missile strikes on energy and civilian infrastructure in Gulf countries, killing civilians and driving up oil prices.

‘We are seeing an existential threat to international and regional security. This aggressive approach is undermining international law and sovereignty,’ Kuwait’s ambassador Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen told the Geneva-based council.

Other Gulf states also denounced Iran’s actions which they said were designed to spread terror.

Countries at the 47-member council will vote on a motion condemning Iran’s strikes, asking Iran for reparation and asking the UN rights chief to monitor the situation.

Iran defended its actions, saying more than 1,500 civilians had been killed in the US-Israeli strikes so far.

‘We fight on behalf of all of you against an enemy that, if not restrained today, will be beyond containment tomorrow,’ said Ali Bahreini, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, in reference to Israel.

Pakistan has delivered a US proposal to Iran, Reuters is reporting.

A senior Iranian source told the outlet the plan is now with Tehran but the venue of any talks between the US and Iran to end the war has yet to be decided.

The source, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, did not disclose details of the proposal and whether it was Donald Trump’s 15-point plan to end the war.

The source also said Turkey was helping to find ways to end the way and ‘either Turkey or Pakistan are under consideration as the venue for such talks’.

This is the moment Israeli civilians ran for shelters today as Iran launched its latest strikes on Tel Aviv.

People living in Hadera, a city in Israel’s Haifa district, ran for cover as a missile struck an open area. Magen David Adom says no injuries have been reported.

It has been reported Iran may have been attempting to strike the Orot Rabin power plant, Israel’s largest power station.

The Israel Electric Corporation has said no damage was caused to its infrastructure following the attack.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker has warned Tehran is ‘closely monitoring’ any potential deployment of US troops.

It comes amid claims Donald Trump is considering sending paratroopers to Iran.

In a post written in English on X Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said: ‘We are closely monitoring all US movements in the region, especially troop deployments.

‘What the generals have broke, the soldiers can’t fix; instead, they will fall victim to Netanyahu’s delusions. Do not test our resolve to defend our land.’

Thousands of US Marines are said to be arriving in the Middle East as senior military officials consider deploying an Army paratrooper division to the region.

by Eliana Silver, Senior Foreign News Reporter

Donald Trump has said Pete Hegseth is ‘disappointed’ about negotiations with Iran a day after he suggested the conflict was the Secretary of War’s idea.

‘You know the only two people who were quite disappointed, I don’t want to say this but I have to – Pete and General “Raizin” Caine,’ Trump said, referencing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday at the Oval Office, the US leader added: ‘Pete didn’t want [the war] to be settled.’

Meanwhile, the Secretary of War doubled down on his insistence that strikes must continue, saying that the United States ‘negotiates with bombs’.

Speaking at the same conference, Hegseth claimed that it was the first time in history that a modern military had been so destroyed.

A Thai oil tanker has safely passed the Strait of Hormuz following an attack on one of the country’s vessels less than two weeks ago.

The Bangchak Corporation-owned tanker crossed the strategic waterway on Monday after successful talks between Thai foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and Iran’s ambassador to Thailand.

‘I requested that if Thai ships need to pass through the strait, could they assist in ensuring safe passage?’ Sihasak told reporters late on Tuesday.

‘They responded that they would take care of it and asked us to provide the names of the vessels that would be transiting.’

It comes after the Thai-flagged bulk carrier was attacked from an ‘unknown projectile’ on March 11. The ship caught fire around 11 nautical miles north of Oman.

Since the conflict began on February 28, Thailand has faced soaring transportation costs and lengthening queues at its gas stations, despite assurances from the government that supplies remain sufficient.

Diplomats from Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan are pushing for a meeting between the US and Iran by tomorrow but both sides remain far apart, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

The three nations are leading mediation efforts to help end the war and Pakistan has offered to host the talks, an overture amplified by Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform.

But Iran’s military has claimed the US is ‘negotiating with yourselves’ and said Trump was unable to escape the mess of his own making.

According to the WSJ, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are growing alarmed by Trump’s eagerness to strike a deal and are urging him to carry on the war until Iran poses no military threat.

Another Iranian embassy has criticised Donald Trump as diplomats around the world continue to mock the President.

The latest barb came courtesy from the Iranian embassy in Finland as diplomats reacted to an appearance of former US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.

Sullivan claims the Iranians put forward a proposal on its nuclear ambitions a few days before the launch of airstrikes last month but the US negotiators ‘simply didn’t understand what they were being offered, ignored it, and decided to go ahead and strike.’

Iran in Finland wrote on X: ‘The US team most likely understood the offer. The problem wasn’t comprehension-it was that Washington isn’t, and still isn’t, calling the shots.

‘The Israeli regime-through Epstain and similar projects-controls Washington and was never going to allow a diplomatic off-ramp. It remains the number one enemy of peace and stability in the region and beyond, driving endless wars.’

China has said it supports all attempts to de-escalate the tensions in the Middle East and start peace talks.

‘A ceasefire and an end to hostilities are the top priority, and dialogue and negotiations are the way forward,’ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in Beijing.

Lin said China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that all parties should ‘seize every opportunity and window for peace’ so peace talks can start as soon as possible.

‘We support all efforts conducive to de-escalating the situation and resuming dialogue’, he added when asked about Pakistan as an intermediary between the US and Iran.

Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan has stressed there have been no talks between Washington or Tehran, after Donald Trump signalled progress in diplomatic efforts to end the war.

‘We have also heard such details through the media, but according to my information – and contrary to Trump’s claims – so far no negotiations, direct or indirect, have taken place between the two countries,’ said ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam.

He added it was ‘natural that friendly countries are always engaged in consultations with both sides to end this illegitimate aggression’.

Yesterday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had spoken with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on ‘the grave situation in the Gulf region’, and promised that Pakistan was committed to playing ‘a constructive role in advancing peace’.