Danish shipping company Maersk on Sunday announced that it is suspending vessel crossings in the Strait of Hormuz after reports that it had been closed following US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they had launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv as well as security and military centres in Haifa and an attack on east Jerusalem.

Search and rescue teams responded immediately, evacuating personnel to hospitals for medical checks.

Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military announced Sunday

That peaceful image was shattered Saturday as Iranian weaponry rained down on Dubai, setting fire to a five-star resort, threatening the world’s tallest building, and killing one person and injuring seven others at the airport in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.

The death toll from Pakistan's violent weekend protests over the killing of Iran's supreme leader has reached at least 25, according to an AFP tally on Monday.

With oil trade disrupted through the Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude surged to $80 amid escalating regional tensions.

The US-Israeli military operation against Iran and Tehran's retaliation are disrupting global maritime traffic, including oil tanker transports.

Over 100 students have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a girls’ primary school in the city of Minab, in southern Iran, according to the country’s news agency Tasnim. The attack comes amid ongoing airstrikes on the Islamic Republic by Israel and the US.