- Saudi intercepts 7 missiles -

Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted six ballistic missiles launched Wednesday toward Prince Sultan Air Base and a seventh missile headed towards the country's east.

- Qatar Airways to resume flights -

Qatar Airways said it will operate 29 flights to and from Doha on Thursday after receiving temporary government authorization.

The flights include departures to London, New York and Madrid, even as Iran continues its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.

- US strikes 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels -

The US military said it had destroyed 16 mine-laying Iranian boats near the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump warned of drastic escalation if Iran moved to mine the pivotal waterway.

- More Iran women's football team members seek asylum -

Another player and a support member with the Iranian women's football team have claimed asylum in Australia after being branded "traitors" at home over a pre-match protest, the government said Wednesday.

They join five other athletes who have sought asylum, while the rest of the team departed for Malaysia.

- Iran says four of its diplomats killed in Beirut -

Iran accused Israel of killing four of its diplomats in a weekend strike on a seafront Beirut hotel in what it called a "terrorist attack."

The Israeli military previously said it had "conducted a precise strike targeting key commanders" in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, its foreign operations arm.

- Israeli strikes hit Lebanon -

Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced.

Lebanon was drawn into war last week when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes.

- US has not escorted tanker through Hormuz -

The United States has not escorted any oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, the White House said, after the energy secretary's social media account posted and deleted a claim that it did so.

The shift in narrative caused markets to swing, with oil dropping sharply after Energy Secretary Chris Wright's initial post.

- 140 US wounded -

The Pentagon said that about 140 US military personnel have been wounded in attacks in the Iran war.

The figure comes on top of the death of seven US service members early in the conflict already given by the US military.

- Iran says no ceasefire -

The speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on social media "we aren't seeking a ceasefire" and declared the United States and Israel must be "taught a lesson that will deter them from attacking Iran again."

- Ukraine drone experts -

Ukrainian military experts in drone defense will go to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week as the Gulf countries fend off Iranian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

- Hacked cameras -

Israel's cybersecurity directorate said it had identified "dozens of Iranian breaches into security cameras for espionage purposes" since the start of the war and urged the public to update their passwords and software.

- Iran arrests alleged spies -

Iran's intelligence ministry announced the arrests of 30 people accused of spying "on behalf of two Persian Gulf countries in the name of the American-Zionist enemy".

Those arrested included one foreigner, whose nationality was not revealed.

- Major refinery shut -

One of the world's biggest oil refineries, the Ruwais facility in the United Arab Emirates, halted operations as a "precaution" following a drone attack on the industrial complex housing it, a source told AFP.

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