The United States on Thursday announced the approval of $16.46 billion in military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, two Gulf states that have been hit hard by fallout from the Iran war.

Firefighters battled a blaze at a giant oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday after a fresh drone attack as Iran kept up a wave of strikes on its neighbours and vowed there was "no concern" about its missile production.

Following missile attacks targeting Riyadh, the kingdom signaled it may resort to military action if Iran does not halt its aggression, marking a dangerous new phase in the escalating regional conflict.

Iran missile barrage hits Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, disrupts global gas supply. The escalation follows Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars field, intensifying a conflict that now threatens global energy supplies and risks triggering a prolonged economic shock.

Finland’s Alexander Stubb has emerged as the leader of a small, pro-war bloc in Europe.

Pakistan’s evolving missile program poses a potential threat to the US, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said.

President Donald Trump issued a stark warning, threatening overwhelming retaliation if Iran escalates further. With energy infrastructure under fire and the Strait of Hormuz at risk, global oil and gas markets are facing unprecedented disruption.

Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported ​on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump has said he expects to have the “honor” of “taking Cuba in some form,” claiming he could do “anything I want” with the Caribbean nation.

Joe Kent, head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned in protest over Washington’s war with Iran, saying that Israel has dragged the US into another “never‑ending” conflict that does not serve American interests.

Iran has restricted maritime traffic, while tensions escalate further with the reported killing of security chief Ali Larijani and the IAEA urging maximum restraint at the Bushehr nuclear plant.

President Zelenskyy warned that Iran-Russia cooperation in drone warfare poses a growing global threat, offering Ukraine’s advanced interception technology to allies amid rising regional tensions.