- Trump warship call -

US President Donald Trump urged other countries such as China, France, Japan, South Korea and Britain to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the critical chokepoint for global oil supplies.

- Bahrain airport hit -

Several drones struck Kuwait's international airport and hit its radar system but did not injure anyone, the country's civil aviation authority said.

- Iran strikes Israel -

Iran launched a new wave of missiles towards Israel, Iranian state TV reported.

- Jordan intercepts missiles -

Jordan's military said it had intercepted 79 out of 85 missiles and drones launched by Iran at the kingdom.

- Supreme leader's health -

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was "no problem" with the Islamic republic's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei after US officials reported he had been wounded.

- Kuwait airbase hit -

Two drones targeted an airbase in Kuwait housing US military staff, injuring Kuwaiti personnel and causing damage, the defence ministry said.

- Isfahan strike -

A US-Israeli missile attack on an industrial area of Isfahan killed at least 15 people, Iran's Fars news agency reported. AFP was not able to verify the toll.

- Turkey missile complaint -

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Iran was denying responsiblity for firing ballistic missiles towards Turkey despite evidence from technical data.

- Lebanon 'genocide' fear -

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said his country feared Israel was "moving toward a new genocide under the pretext of fighting Hezbollah" in its ongoing assault on Lebanon.

- Ukraine role ridiculed -

Iran's envoy to Ukraine, Shahriar Amouzegar, dismissed the support Kyiv has offered to the United States and its Gulf allies in combatting drones as "a joke", in an interview with AFP.

- Energy site threat -

Iran will target the facilities of US companies in the region if its energy facilities are attacked, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying by state television, after US attacks on military infrastructure on Iran's crude oil export hub of Kharg Island.

- Lebanon war toll -

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes had killed 826 people, including 65 women and 106 children, since the start of the latest war with Hezbollah, adding that 2,009 others had been wounded.

- UN Lebanon diplomacy -

UN chief Antonio Guterres said on a visit to Beirut that diplomatic channels remained open to end the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah and urged the international community to support Lebanon.

- Hamas appeal to Iran -

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas called on Iran to refrain from targeting neighbouring countries, while affirming Tehran's right to defend itself against Israel and the United States, in its first such public appeal to Tehran.

- Jerusalem blasts -

Explosions rang out over Jerusalem, AFP reporters heard, shortly after the Israeli military warned that it had detected incoming missiles from Iran. The military said its "defence system is operating to intercept the threat".

- Kharg exports 'normal' -

Oil export operations from Iran's Kharg island in the Gulf were "continuing as normal" after US strikes on the crude export hub which caused no casualties, said regional official Ehsan Jahaniyan, quoted by the IRNA news agency.

- UAE consulate targeted -

The United Arab Emirates condemned "the treacherous terrorist attack by a drone, which targeted the UAE Consulate General in Iraqi Kurdistan, for the second time in a week" injuring two security personnel and damaging the building, its foreign ministry said in a statement.

- UAE energy hub hit -

AFP saw smoke rising from the direction of a United Arab Emirates energy installation in Fujairah, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf's petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Kharg Island.

- US embassy attacked -

A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad, an Iraqi security official said, as an AFP journalist saw smoke rising from the complex.

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