US-Iran war highlights: Missile alerts in Israel, UAE, Saudi despite Iran-US ceasefire announcement

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US Iran war LIVE updates: Take a look at some of the key points:

• US President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran.
• Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he is inviting Iran and the United States to meet in Islamabad and have further discussions.
• Oil prices dived, stocks surged and the dollar was knocked back on Wednesday as a two-week West Asia ceasefire sparked a relief rally.
• Israel has also agreed to the ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran after more than six weeks of conflict in West Asia, a White House official told news agency AP.
• The White House is considering in-person talks with Iran but they have not been finalised, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
• Iran’s supreme leader ordered all military units to stop firing, according to a statement broadcast on state-run IRIB nearly two hours after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire deal, CNN reported on Tuesday.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Indian shares are set to surge at open on Wednesday, tracking a global rally and a sharp drop in crude oil prices after US President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran.

Investor focus will be on the Reserve Bank of India's policy decision later in the day, with markets watching closely for updated growth and inflation forecasts amid lingering uncertainty from the Middle East conflict.

GIFT Nifty futures were trading at 23,825 as of 7:49 a.m. IST, indicating that the benchmark Nifty 50 will open about 3% above Tuesday's close of 23,123.65.

US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran.

"Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it," Trump said in a brief telephone interview shortly after the announcement of the truce.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, said it would suspend its operations in Iraq and across the region for two weeks, according to a statement issued on Wednesday, in a move that follows announcements of a two-week suspension of hostilities between the United States and Iran.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran in the Farsi-language version of its 10-point ceasefire plan included the phrase "acceptance of enrichment" for its nuclear programme, something that was missing in English versions shared by Iranian diplomats to journalists.

It wasn't immediately clear why that term was missing.

However, US President Donald Trump had said ending Iran's nuclear programme entirely was a key point of the war.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he is inviting Iran and the United States to meet in Islamabad and have further discussions.

In a post on X, Sharif said that both parties have agreed on the ceasefire.

“I warmly welcome the sagacious gesture and extend deepest gratitude to the leadership of both the countries,” he said. “And invite their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes.”

US Iran war LIVE updates: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described US President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure as not "appropriate" on Wednesday but he welcomed a two-week ceasefire as "positive".

"I don't think it's appropriate to use language such as that from the president of the United States, and I think it will cause some concern," Albanese told Sky News Australia.

"We have called for is a de-escalation, and that is what has occurred, and that's a good thing," he added.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Oil prices dived, stocks surged and the dollar was knocked back on Wednesday as a two-week West Asia ceasefire sparked a relief rally, fuelled by hopes that oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz could resume.

Market reaction was swift and dramatic, with US crude futures down around 16% to $94.59 a barrel, while Brent futures also slid 15% to $92.35 per barrel.

In Asia, Japan's Nikkei surged about 5% while South Korea's Kospi rose 6%, triggering a halt in trading. That left the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 4%.

Beyond the immediate relief, investors remain keen to see whether the ceasefire leads to a broader resolution before placing major bets.

(With Reuters inputs)

US Iran war LIVE updates: A diplomatic breakthrough was achieved after the Trump administration agreed to negotiate on a 10-point proposal put forward by Tehran, which outlines sweeping conditions ranging from sanctions relief to military withdrawal and control over the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Iranian state media, the proposal accepted by the United States includes the following key conditions:

• Non-aggression pact between the US and Iran
• Continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz
• Recognition of Iran’s nuclear enrichment rights
• Lifting of all primary US sanctions
• Lifting of all secondary sanctions affecting third-party countries
• Termination of all UN Security Council resolutions against Iran
• Termination of all International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board resolutions
• Payment of compensation to Iran for damages
• Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
• Cessation of war across all fronts, including conflicts involving Iran-backed groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon
• Ceasefire linked to Hormuz reopening

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel has also agreed to the ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran after more than six weeks of conflict in West Asia, a White House official told news agency AFP.

Israel did not immediately react to the ceasefire announcement. Its assault on Lebanon in response to rocket fire by Iranian-backed Hezbollah has led to more than 1,500 deaths, according to Lebanese authorities.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The White House is considering in-person talks with Iran but they have not been finalised, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, after Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

"There are discussions about in-person talks, but nothing is final until announced by the President or the White House," Leavitt said after Iran said it agreed to talks with the United States to begin Friday in Pakistan.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s supreme leader ordered all military units to stop firing, according to a statement broadcast on state-run IRIB nearly two hours after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire deal, CNN reported on Tuesday.

“This is not the end of the war but all military branches should follow the Supreme Leader’s order and cease their fire,” the statement said.

US Iran war LIVE updates: An Israeli military official told the Associated Press that the country is still attacking Iran, after White House said Israel agreed to ceasefire.

Notably, Israel and the United Arab Emirates both sounded missile alerts early Wednesday, despite Iran and the United States saying they had reached a two-week ceasefire in the war.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Only moments after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the US and Iran on Tuesday, Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel, Dubai, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Air-raid sirens went off in several parts of Israel, The Times of Israel reported, citing the IDF. No immediate injuries were reported.

Iran-US war news LIVE: Authorities in Abu Dhabi were responding to a "fire incident" at a gas complex in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday, the government media office said.

"Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to a fire incident at Habshan gas-processing facility," the media office posted on X, without providing details on the cause of the fire.

Iran-US war news LIVE: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the United States, Iran and their allies had agreed to a ceasefire "everywhere", including Lebanon, following mediation by his government to stop weeks of fighting.

"I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY," Sharif posted on X.

He added that Pakistan's capital Islamabad would welcome delegations from both countries on Friday to hold negotiations aimed at reaching a "conclusive agreement".

China, which is Tehran’s biggest trade partner, spoke with the Iranians to get them on board, according to two officials quoted by AP.

Chinese officials were in touch with Iranian officials to encourage Tehran to find a path to a ceasefire deal as the negotiations were evolving, the officials said.

Beijing primarily had been working with intermediaries, including Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt, as it tried to use its influence, said one of the officials, who was not authorised to comment publicly on the diplomatic matter.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released after recently being kidnapped by an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, Kataib Hezbollah, near Baghdad.

Bitcoin rose to a three-week high after the US and Iran agreed to an initial ceasefire, prompting a surge in risk assets.

The largest cryptocurrency spiked as much as 4.9% to $72,738, its highest level since March 18, and was trading just below $72,000 at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday in Singapore. Smaller tokens also notched big gains, with Ether rising as much as 7.4% to $2,273.

“Bitcoin jumped up this morning on the temporary ceasefire and relief that further escalation had been averted for now,” said Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets. “Crypto markets will probably take their cue from stocks and commodities today.”

Abu Dhabi officials have said that its Habshan gas-processing facility is ablaze after earlier reporting incoming Iranian fire.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health has said that eight people have been killed and 22 others injured in an Israeli attack on the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

It was not immediately clear when the attack took place.

The Qatari Ministry of Defence announced a few minutes ago that the country’s armed forces had “successfully intercepted a missile attack”.

It was not immediately clear exactly when the attack took place.

Israeli drones are whirring louder than usual in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the skies above the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

The country is on tenterhooks waiting to see if a cease-fire deal will also bring an end to the war in Lebanon, which has been rocked by grinding month-long fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group.

Shortly before Trump announced the tentative deal, an Israeli strike on a busy street in the southern Lebanese city of Saida killed at least eight people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The Israeli military also remains in control of a broad part of southern Lebanon that it has invaded in recent weeks.

Donald Trump has shared in his Truth Social account Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi’s statement confirming the ceasefire deal with the US.

Araghchi in the statement expressed Tehran’s “gratitude and appreciation” to Pakistan and its leadership “for their tireless efforts to end the war in the region”.

“If attacks against Iran are halted, our Powerful Armed Forces will cease their defensive operations,” the foreign minister said, adding that for the next two weeks, passage through the Strait of Hormuz “will be possible” in coordination with Iran’s military.