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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Tuesday that Ali Larijani, Iran's security chief, had been killed in an Israeli strike. Tehran has not confirmed or denied the claim.

Iraq's oil minister said Baghdad is talking to Iran about allowing some of the country's oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the state news agency reported on Tuesday, as Iraq seeks to ease disruptions to crude exports following recent attacks on tankers in its own waters.

Authorities in Abu Dhabi on Monday were dealing with a fire at the Shah oil and gas field caused by a drone attack and said that no injuries had been reported so far, the Abu Dhabi media office reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it was unclear whether new Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was still alive, given reports he had been injured in an air strike.

International credit ratings agency S&P Global has affirmed Ras Al Khaimah's credit rating at 'A/A-1' with a stable outlook for 202,  reflecting confidence in the Emirate's economic resilience and prudent fiscal management amid current global uncertainties.

The Shiite militia had been preparing since November 2024. Everything else was smoke and mirrors.

Neutralizing Iran could make crude oil much cheaper because the threat posed by Tehran imposed a "terror premium" that inflated global oil prices for decades, a top White House adviser said in a report to be released on Monday.

Istvan Hollo, a 76-year-old supporter of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, spends up to an hour daily on Facebook promoting the right-wing leader's messages to bolster his chances in an April 12 parliamentary election.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Monday that the "limited" ground operation launched in South Lebanon will continue "until Hezbollah no longer poses a threat to the residents of northern Israel" - drawing a direct parallel with Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

Israel said on Monday it has detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war as its military pounded sites across Iran overnight, while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut Dubai airport and hit a key oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

Drive through the main arteries of South Lebanon today and the landscape tells a story that Beirut's government would rather not acknowledge: this is not Lebanon. This is Hezbollah's territory — and it looks like an Iranian province.

The Israeli military said on Monday it had destroyed a plane used by Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran's Mehrabad airport overnight.