Israel said it has killed Iran's top security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the Basij repression unit, Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has not yet confirmed their deaths.
Air India and its budget subsidiary Air India Express said it will operate 44 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the Middle East on Tuesday, March 17.
The Taliban government said at least 400 people were killed in an airstrike on a drug treatment facility in Kabul. Pakistan denied the accusation, saying its strikes hit military installations.
Oil loading operations at the eastern Fujairah port of United Arab Emirates (UAE) were suspended on Monday after a drone attack sparked a fire in the emirate's petroleum industrial zone, two sources told Reuters news agency.
Australia and Japan both said Monday they have no plans to send naval or maritime vessels to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, after US President Donald Trump demanded that a group of about seven countries support the US in protecting the strategic waterway.
India's largest airline, IndiGo, will begin charging its customers a "fuel surcharge" starting today, owing to the "substantial rise in fuel prices following the ongoing geopolitical issues in the Middle East."
Two Indian nationals were killed in a drone strike in the northern region of Oman, officials confirmed late on Friday. With this, the total number of Indians killed directly due to the war in Iran has gone up to five.
Donald Trump said the United States has "totally obliterated every military target" on Iran's Kharg Island, a critical hub that handles nearly all of the country's crude oil exports.
A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced 15 men to life in prison over the 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre that killed 150 people, the deadliest terror attack in the country in more than two decades. The incident, which targeted a sold-out concert venue, was later claimed by the "Islamic State."
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) had originally been due to kick off on March 17, with 16 nations from all over the continent set to compete in Morocco.
The closure of the US Embassy in Jordan has heightened the frustrations of Jordanian football fans hoping to see their team make their World Cup debut in three months' time.
