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US-Iran news highlights: US launches airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after 2 servicemen's death in Jordan
US-Iran news highlights: As bombing intensified in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive night, Iran said three people were killed in US strikes. Iran also retaliated with attacks on several US military sites in Kuwait and Jordan.
- 10:44 PM IST, July 18Incident involving tanker, military forces east of Oman, UKMTO says
- 10:12 PM IST, July 18Iran’s supreme leader says US president’s signature ‘worthless and invalid’
- 9:54 PM IST, July 18Iranian Supreme Leader's message to be released shortly
- 9:03 PM IST, July 18Iran's southern province of Hormozgan hit by three US airstrikes on Saturday
- 8:47 PM IST, July 18GCC chief says Iran’s targeting of civilian facilities a ‘war crime’
- 8:27 PM IST, July 18Belgium bans imports of goods from occupied Palestinian territory
- 8:10 PM IST, July 18Pakistan, Kuwait urge US and Iran to honour peace agreement amid fresh strikes
- 8:00 PM IST, July 18Trump shifts his tone on Jimmy Carter while grappling with Iran, inflation and his own legacy
- 7:36 PM IST, July 18Qatar condemns Iran’s attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait
- 7:12 PM IST, July 18Netanyahu is “war criminal”, belongs in The Hague, says Mamdani
- 6:51 PM IST, July 18Passenger trains resume at Iran’s Bandar Abbas
- 6:28 PM IST, July 18Iran executes a man convicted of killing a security force member during 2022 protests
- 6:11 PM IST, July 18Iran says MoU suspended after ‘US violations’
- 5:49 PM IST, July 18Bahrain sounds air raid warning sirens for sixth time
- 5:07 PM IST, July 18US attacks killed at least 50 Iranians since July 6, its health ministry says
- 4:26 PM IST, July 18Kuwait accuses Iran of targeting civilian sites, vital infrastructure
- 4:18 PM IST, July 18US embassy in Beirut issues new security alerts
- 4:07 PM IST, July 18Injuries, damage after Iran attack on Kuwait oil facility
- 3:43 PM IST, July 18Jordan says it shot down four drones over its airspace
- 3:35 PM IST, July 18Kuwait Petroleum says a refinery hit in Iranian attack
- 3:14 PM IST, July 18Lebanon’s president departs for Washington to meet Trump
- 2:53 PM IST, July 18Israeli drone hits Nabatieh village in southern Lebanon
- 2:33 PM IST, July 18Kuwait firefighters, worker injured
- 2:02 PM IST, July 18Kuwait says Iran has struck water desalination plant, second such attack in 2 days
- 1:26 PM IST, July 18Air sirens in Bahrain
- 12:55 PM IST, July 18Flights suspended, power and desalination plants hit as Iran launches missiles at Kuwait
- 12:19 PM IST, July 18Fire breaks out at Kuwait power and desalination plant after Iranian attack
- 12:03 PM IST, July 18Kuwait says Iran hit second power, water plant
- 11:47 AM IST, July 18US strike leaves 10,000 Iranians without water, official says
- 11:38 AM IST, July 18IRGC says it struck US air, naval infrastructure in Gulf
- 11:33 AM IST, July 18Israel bombs southern Lebanon again
- 11:30 AM IST, July 18IRGC claims strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain
- 11:16 AM IST, July 18Kuwait Airways reschedules most flights after airport suspension following Iranian attack
- 10:48 AM IST, July 18Iran hits US combat aircraft site in Bahrain
- 10:38 AM IST, July 18US-Iran news LIVE: Kuwait dealing with Iranian attack for third time today
- 9:59 AM IST, July 18Iran warns US allies in Mideast of ‘corresponding responses’
- 9:50 AM IST, July 18Jordanian military says its air defences intercept 10 Iranian missiles
- 9:39 AM IST, July 18Iran army says targeted Bahrain air base, reports state media
- 9:28 AM IST, July 18Iran renews attacks on Gulf states after another night of US strikes
- 9:05 AM IST, July 18Sinful Iranian aggression, says Kuwait as it tackles wave of missile, drone attacks
- 8:58 AM IST, July 18Iran says it hit US military assets, fuel tanks in Bahrain
- 8:29 AM IST, July 18Iran reports explosion in Khorramabad
- 8:23 AM IST, July 18CENTCOM dismisses Iranian claims of tanker mine blasts in Strait of Hormuz
- 8:11 AM IST, July 18Jordan says missile intercepted from Iran
- 7:54 AM IST, July 18Iran says two oil tankers explode in Hormuz, US rejects claim
- 7:48 AM IST, July 18Iran official warns of ‘full-scale invasion, annihilation’ if US continues 'war'
- 7:38 AM IST, July 18Iran hits Kuwait's water plant
- 7:37 AM IST, July 18US targets bridges, water plant in fresh strikes
- 7:33 AM IST, July 18US ends seventh consecutive night of Iran strikes, CENTCOM says
- 7:32 AM IST, July 18Iran says US bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain targeted
- 7:31 AM IST, July 18Sirens go off in Bahrain
US-Iran news highlights: A fire broke out at a power generation and water desalination plant in Kuwait after an Iranian attack, the country's Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ministry said on Saturday, adding that several power generation units were shut down. It said efforts were under way to contain the fire and carry out repairs....Read More
Iran Guards on Saturday said it struck US combat aircraft site at Sheikh Isa airbase in Bahrain, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Jordan's armed forces intercepted 10 missiles from Iran on Saturday morning, Jordanian media reported.
Iran said Saturday that two oil tankers transiting through the Strait of Hormuz hit mines and exploded, though the US military has disputed the claim.
Sirens went off in Bahrain as Iran and the US continued exchanging strikes in the Middle East for nearly a week now. Iran also said that it targeted US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in a fresh wave of retaliatory attacks, hours after US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced its seventh consecutive night of strikes.
Iran says three killed in fresh strikes
As bombing intensified in the region, Iran said three people were killed in US strikes.
Hormuz tensions flare
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers directed by "deceptive American intelligence agencies" exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which the US military quickly denied.
The Revolutionary Guards also said on state television they "stopped" four ships trying to transit the critical waterway.
US says attacks continue to degrade Iran's military capabilities
US forces, meanwhile, reported striking Iran with attacks designed to "continue degrading Iranian military capabilities," according to a statement by US Central Command shared on X.
In the biggest escalation since the foes resumed hostilities, Iran accused US forces of targeting civilian infrastructure, including an airport, a railway station and two bridges, and said it had struck US assets across the region.
