U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid growing bipartisan frustration with Noem's leadership.

The US sinking of an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast, with more than 100 people reportedly missing or dead, has brought the Middle East conflict to the Indian Ocean, triggering international reactions and growing concern over the wider spillover of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, while the Indian government has also come under criticism for its silence over the sinking of the vessel, according to media reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has "no time limits" on how long the war with Iran could continue, according to an interview with Time published Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he must be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader, the U.S. news website Axios reported Thursday.

Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed when the Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet they were flying crashed in the country's northeastern state of Assam on Thursday night, the IAF confirmed on Friday.

Japan on Friday began the 18th discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean.

Israel has begun a "broad-scale" wave of airstrikes against Iranian government infrastructure in Tehran, the Israeli military announced before dawn on Friday, hours after saying it was moving to the "next phase" of its attacks in Iran.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Thursday that the government has taken over operations concerning the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr and its crew under international conventions as a neutral state, as authorities move to bring the crew ashore and relocate the ship away from the country's main commercial harbor.

Venezuela has decided to restore diplomatic and consular relations with the United States, the Venezuelan government announced Thursday.

The state of Oregon, together with 23 other U.S. states, filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block a new round of tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that his country is not requesting a ceasefire with the United States and Israel, and does not see any reason to negotiate with Washington.

Iran launched fresh missile attacks toward Israel late Thursday, the military said, as the police reported damage in several locations in central Israel.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Thursday warned the United States against carrying out ground invasion against Iranian territory, saying the country's armed forces are waiting and ready for American troops.

The US claimed Wednesday that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, a move a Chinese military expert said was a dangerous sign that the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran is expanding to a larger scale.

As the regional exchange of fire triggered by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran enters the sixth day, in the latest episode, rumors and denials surrounding the potential involvement of Iraq's Kurdish region as a proxy force in the conflict with Iran have emerged as a new flashpoint. The regional exchange of fire triggered by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran entered its sixth day on Thursday, with heightened attention focused on developments along Iran's western border.

Using drugs that regulate the immune system in the first hours after injury can improve survival rates and speed up treatment for children with burns, researchers at the Tyumen Medical University have found.

Researchers from several institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences have identified bioactive peptides derived from soy protein that dramatically improve physical endurance in laboratory animals, potentially opening new avenues for functional nutrition and fatigue management.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that he had called on Israel to respect Lebanon's territorial integrity and refrain from a ground offensive.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to advance a war powers resolution aimed at curbing U.S. President Donald Trump's military operations against Iran, as Democrats and Republicans remain sharply divided over the issue.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that U.S. forces will have "complete and total dominance" over Iranian airspace in the next few hours.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said Wednesday that Portugal was not involved in and did not monitor or endorse the U.S. and Israeli military operation against Iran.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday night it launched another wave of airstrikes in Tehran, targeting Iranian military sites.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Wednesday denied claims by the White House that Spain had agreed to "cooperate" with the U.S. military, calling the statement "categorically false," according to Spanish newspaper El Confidencial.

A senior Iranian official on Wednesday warned that if Israel attacks Iran's embassy in Lebanon, all its embassies will become legitimate targets, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said Wednesday the United States will have to pay a "heavy price" for killing the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Wednesday that its air defense systems have intercepted a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones launched toward the country, while a senior minister reaffirmed the nation's balanced stance amid escalating regional tensions.

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a phone call on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss the recent regional developments, read a statement released by Qatar's Foreign Ministry.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters.

The Israeli military said it carried out large-scale airstrikes in eastern Tehran on Wednesday, targeting a sprawling military compound that houses multiple command centers for Iran's security and intelligence organizations.

Ambassador of Iran to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told Phoenix TV in Beijing on Wednesday that Iran will decisively retaliate against the US and Israel for their attacks and could strike the continental US if possible.

Against the backdrop of strained China-Japan relations, Japan, per media disclosures, continues to amplify claims of "Chinese military threats" rhetoric to justify fortifying armed positions on Pacific islands. Chinese military analysts view Japan's persistent drive to bolster offensive forces as clear evidence of Tokyo's ongoing erosion of its "defense-only" doctrine, and a revival of militarist tendencies that would seriously endanger peace and stability across the Asia-Pacific.

Speaking fluent Chinese, Singaporean Ambassador to China Peter Tan addressed an audience at Renmin University of China in Beijing on Tuesday, offering his insights on the future of China-Singapore relations.

As the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran enters its fifth day, tensions between Washington and Madrid have drawn wider attention. US President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to impose a full trade embargo on Spain after it refused to allow the US to use its military bases for strikes on Iran. In response, the Spanish government urged Washington to respect international law and bilateral agreements with the European Union.

Iran has decided on possible candidates for the post of supreme leader of the country, Seyed Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts responsible for electing Iran's supreme leader, was quoted by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying on Wednesday.

U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" war on Iran, urging Republicans to "grow a spine" and vote with Democrats to rein in the president's war powers ahead of an expected war powers vote in the Senate.

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Vietnam opposes acts involving the use of force against sovereign countries, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday expressed regret over the failure of the international order in the Middle East, imploring all parties, including the United States and Israel, to "respect the rules of international engagement."

The U.S. president's special envoy Steve Witkoff, who has led U.S. diplomatic negotiations with Iran in recent months, has not engaged in diplomacy with Iran following joint U.S.-Israel strikes on the country, CNN reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that U.S. forces have destroyed 17 Iranian ships, sinking the entire Iranian navy.

The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it has the necessary resources to contain the potential impact of a trade embargo after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut trade ties with Spain, according to Spanish media reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the military operations launched by the United States and Israel were conducted "outside international law" and could not be approved by France.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to "cut off all trade with Spain" for Spain's rejection to allow the U.S. military to use its base for attacks on Iran, while saying he is not happy with Britain either.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday it has struck the second U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in the West Asia region.

Iranian general warns of strikes on all Mideast economic centers if U.S.-Israeli attacks continue

Hezbollah said Tuesday evening that it has launched a rocket attack on an Israeli naval base in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, describing the move as a response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese territory.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.

IAEA confirms some damage to Iran's nuclear enrichment plant

Iran had carried out a "large-scale drone and missile attack" targeting a US air base in Bahrain, its official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday.

Under the leadership and unified coordination of the Chinese Embassy in Iran, the evacuation of Chinese citizens currently in Iran has basically completed, the Global Times learned from the Iran Federation of Chinese Organizations. In light of the increasingly severe and complex local security situation, the association's temporary evacuation task force is expected to leave Iran on Tuesday.

US orders non-emergency staff to leave Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan

Israel says it is attacking Tehran, Beirut simultaneously

US President Donald Trump claimed in an interview with the New York Post on Monday that he is not ruling out sending US ground troops into Iran "if they were necessary," adding that the operation was "way ahead of schedule" after killing dozens of Iran's top officials. The messaging, along with similar remarks by the US defense chief, appears aimed at exerting psychological pressure on Iran and weakening its resolve to resist, as the anticipated rapid regime change has not materialized and Washington may yet to make sufficient preparations for deploying ground troops amid mounting pressure, said a Chinese expert.

Eight drones were intercepted and destroyed near the cities of Riyadh and Al-Kharj, the Saudi Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of State on Monday urged Americans to depart immediately from the Middle East "due to serious safety risks."

Two new blasts heard in Riyadh's diplomatic quarter: report

Saudi Arabia's defense ministry said Tuesday that the US embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones.

The Israeli military said early Tuesday that it has bombed Iran's communications center with dozens of munitions and "destroyed" it.

A fire broke out at the US embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh after a blast, media reports said Tuesday.

The UN Security Council "must act firmly, clearly, and without ambiguity" on the military strikes launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, said Monday.

Loud explosions heard in Riyadh's diplomatic quarter: report

The U.S. Central Command announced on Monday the death of two additional U.S. service members in the attacks against Iran, bringing the total number to six.

All personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Amman have temporarily departed the embassy compound due to a security threat, the embassy said in a statement on Monday.

A senior Iranian military advisor said on Monday the country's armed forces will not let any oil be exported through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Israeli military said Monday night it completed a wave of strikes in the heart of Tehran targeting the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and the Basij headquarters, on the third day of the U.S.-Israel joint operation against the Islamic republic.

An official of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said that the Iranian side will burn any ship trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and will not allow a single drop of oil to leave the region, the ISNA news agency reported Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military campaign against Iran has "capability to go far longer" than the four to five weeks he projected during media interviews one day earlier.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday it launched 26 drones and five ballistic missiles at U.S. military targets in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and the Strait of Hormuz.

Britain is not joining the U.S. and Israeli "offensive strikes" on Iran, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not ruling out sending U.S. ground troops into Iran if necessary.

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority on Monday extended the closure of the country's airspace for an additional 48 hours amid ongoing regional tensions.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that the urgent priority concerning the current situation in the Middle East is to immediately halt military operations and prevent the conflict from further spilling over.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Monday that in its tenth wave of missile attacks, it targeted Israel's governmental complex, including the prime minister's office and the air force headquarters.

Thailand's Minister of Energy Auttapol Rerkpiboon announced that the ministry has ordered an immediate suspension of oil exports in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir said on Monday the army has "launched an offensive campaign against Hezbollah," warning the operation would last "many days" as the conflict escalates sharply along the country's northern border.

Several US warplanes crashed on Monday morning, and all crew members survived, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted on the social media platform X.

The British air base at Akrotiri on the southern coast of Cyprus was hit by a drone early Monday, base authorities and the Cypriot government said.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning confirmed on Monday that a Chinese citizen in Tehran had unfortunately been killed amid the ongoing military conflicts when asked about more details on injured citizen that Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday.

Türkiye has temporarily suspended same-day passenger crossings at its border with Iran, while ensuring that commercial trade and official entries continue smoothly, authorities said on Monday.

Iran launched missile attacks on Tel Aviv, Haifa and east Jerusalem, media reported Monday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Sri Lanka on Sunday announced a package of measures to protect visitors in the country and support Sri Lankan migrant workers overseas amid the tense situation in the Middle East.

Loud explosions were heard in Erbil in northern Iraq, media reported on Monday.

Thirty-one people have been killed and 149 others injured so far in Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.

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The Israeli military said on Monday that it has launched a new wave of strikes on Hezbollah's weapon storage facilities and other infrastructure targets in Lebanon.

Britain, France and Germany said that they are ready to take "necessary and proportionate defensive action" against Iran.

As Washington signaled that its conflict with Iran could last up to four weeks on Sunday local time, media scrutiny over US ammunition stockpiles has risen. A Chinese military affairs expert told the Global Times that although the US made relatively large-scale preparations for its strikes on Iran, limited ammunition reserves and declining defense industrial capacity may constrain its ability to sustain a prolonged high-intensity war.

US fighter jet crashes in Kuwait -- local media

Iran's security chief says Iran will not negotiate with US: media

Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes at Monday dawn in Beirut's southern suburbs, hours after rockets were fired from Lebanese territory toward Israel, local television channel al-Jadeed reported.

Britain confirms drone attack on a British air force base in Cyprus: media

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has agreed to resume nuclear negotiations with Iran's new leadership.

Hezbollah militants in Lebanon fired six rockets toward Israel early on Monday, the Israeli military said, marking the first attack by the Iran-aligned group since the start of a joint US-Israeli operation against Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi told ABC News on Sunday that no country's leader has the right to tell Iran not to respond to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli massive airstrikes on Iran, saying his country has every right to defend itself and will continue fighting.

Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs said on Monday that an estimated 115,000 Australians are currently in the Middle East after flights in and out of the region were canceled amid U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran.

The Israeli military said Hezbollah militants in Lebanon fired six rockets toward Israel early on Monday, marking the first time the group has targeted the country since the start of the joint US-Israeli operation against Iran.

An explosion was reported late Sunday near the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri based in Limassol in southern Cyprus, according to local media.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. forces have sunk nine Iranian warships and largely destroyed Iran's navy headquarters.

The military strike against Iran will "take four weeks -- or less," U.S. President Donald Trump said in an exclusive phone interview with Britain's Daily Mail, the newspaper reported Sunday.