The deal was announced after talks between Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi in Melbourne. It supports India’s goal of expanding nuclear power capacity while deepening strategic and economic cooperation.

The train service between Tehran and Mashhad has been suspended after US strikes, state TV reported on Thursday, hours before late supreme leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried in the eastern Iranian holy city.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has hit back at US President Donald Trump after he called Iran’s leadership “scum” and “violent people.”

Iran launched strikes on U.S. military sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar after fresh American airstrikes targeted Bandar Abbas and other Iranian infrastructure.

Senior US military commanders ignored warnings that intelligence on targets in Iran was outdated as they rushed to compile strike lists at the start of the war, CNN reports

The US carried out strikes in southern Iran for the second night in a row on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire was effectively over.

The visit reflects Ottawa's strategy to diversify trade beyond the United States while supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 ambitions. Carney is also expected to address the Saudi Arabia-Canada Investment Forum.

The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.

Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday as the coffin of Iran's martyred Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq.