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Iran chief negotiator says Strait of Hormuz to open only under 'Iranian arrangements'
Explosions heard in Bahrain capital after air raid sirens
Explosions were heard in Bahrain's capital on Thursday, an AFP correspondent in Manama said, moments after authorities sounded air raid sirens to warn of an attack.
The blasts followed a vow from Iran's Revolutionary Guards that they would "give a devastating response" to fresh American strikes on the Islamic republic's territory.
Kuwait intercepts missile and drone attacks, military says
Kuwait's air defences were intercepting "hostile missile and drone attacks", its military said on Thursday.
"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defence systems intercepting hostile attacks," the Kuwait military said in a post on X, without specifying their origin.
Missile alerts sound in Bahrain and Qatar after US strikes on Iran
Missile alerts sounded early Thursday morning in Bahrain and Qatar after the United States launched a new round of airstrikes targeting Iran.
There was no immediate word of any damage in the two Gulf Arab states.
On Wednesday, Iran launched attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait over US airstrikes.
Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Lebanon strikes
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of wiping out families in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah, calling for the attacks to be investigated as war crimes.
Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2 by launching rockets at Israel in support of its backer Iran.
Israel responded with major airstrikes and a ground invasion, killing more than 4,300 people according to Lebanese authorities, including more than 250 children.
Amnesty analysed three strikes on civilian homes between March 6 and 13, in which 24 civilians were killed, 12 of them children.
The London-based rights group accused Israel of "wiping out families" in those strikes and called for them to be treated as "war crimes".
Oil rises after fresh US strikes on Iran
US crude futures rose more than $1 in early Thursday Asia trading after the US launched fresh strikes against Iran.
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up $1.03, or 1.4%, at $74.55 a barrel by 2238 GMT.
Both crude benchmarks, WTI and Brent, rose more than a dollar in post-settlement trade on Wednesday after the US military began launching fresh strikes on Iran.
Trump says strikes on Iran 'will get much worse'
US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that the strikes on Iran were retribution for attacks on ships, adding that if there are more attacks, "it will get much worse!"
Multiple blasts reported along Iranian coast
US expands strikes on Iran to keep Strait of Hormuz open
The ongoing US strikes against Iran will be greater in number than those carried out on Tuesday, a US official told Reuters on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The US military's Central Command announced earlier on Wednesday that it was launching fresh strikes on Iran aimed at keeping the critical Strait of Hormuz open to traffic.
Explosions heard on Iran's Abu Musa island, state TV reports
Power cuts in parts of Iran's Chabahar following explosions, Islamic Republic News Agency reports
US military confirms it's carrying out fresh strikes against Iran
The US military is launching fresh strikes on Iran, the US Central Command said, hours after US President Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was "over".
It said the strikes were aimed at degrading Iran's ability to "threaten freedom of navigation" in the Strait of Hormuz.
"The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway," US Central Command wrote in a post on X.
Explosion heard near Konarak and Chabahar
US military is carrying out air strikes against Iran, Axios reports
The US military is carrying out fresh air strikes on Iran, Axios reported, citing a US official.
US President Donald Trump had earlier declared that an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was "over".
Iran's Mehr reports that air defences are countering 'hostile targets' near Bandar Abbas
Reports of explosions heard in Iran's Sirik and Bandar Abbas, Mizan News Agency reports
Iranian state media are reporting explosions, including in the port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, and in Sirik, another southern coastal city.
Iraq agrees to US demands to halt dollar flows to Iran-backed militias, WSJ reports
Iraq has agreed to new controls aimed at preventing US dollars from flowing to Iran and its militia allies in exchange for the Trump administration lifting a four-month suspension in shipments of American currency to Baghdad, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing US and Iraqi officials.
UN maritime head urges halt to Hormuz transit to protect seafarers
The head of the International Maritime Organization said Wednesday the 6,000 seafarers still stranded in the Gulf must not be put in unnecessary danger by crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh US-Iran attacks.
US President Donald Trump earlier Wednesday said the US-Iran ceasefire was over, though he left the door open to more talks, after fighting sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the vital strait.
Tehran's military has struck at least three ships in recent days, prompting extensive US strikes against Iranian targets Tuesday followed by retaliatory attacks from Iran on Gulf countries.
Turkey stayed out of US-Israeli war on Iran 'at my request', Trump claims
Yesterday's key developments:
• The United States reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil, warning Tehran would face consequences over attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
• The body of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei arrived in Iraq ahead of funeral processions through the holy Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala, where millions of mourners are expected to pay their respects at some of Islam's most revered shrines.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he and US President Donald Trump remain aligned on the key issues surrounding Iran, insisting the two leaders "see eye to eye" on how to deal with Tehran.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
