U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to expect further strikes on Saturday (7 March). In a post on social media, he said Iran would be 'hit very hard'. His comments came a week into the conflict with Iran, which has spread across the Middle East.
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U.S. President, Donald Trump, has said the U.S. has knocked out 42 ships belonging to the Iranian navy in three days. He made the remarks at an event in Miami, Florida on Saturday (7 March).
The U.S. has completed over a dozen charter flights and evacuated thousands of Americans from the Middle East since last week, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday (7 March).
One of the flights arrived at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia from Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Protesters waving Iranian flags and holding photos of Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, have marched through central London. The demonstration, organised by the Stop The War Coalition, is set to end at the U.S. Embassy.
A Ghanaian UN peacekeeping soldier in Lebanon was seriously injured after the town of Al-Qozah came under shelling on Friday night (6 March), the Lebanese Foreign Ministry has said.
Writing on X, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that two other peacekeeping soldiers were injured in the attack. It called the assault "a serious violation of international law" and said investigations were ongoing to establish more about the circumstances.
Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah has warned residents of Kiryat Shmona, which is located near the border with Lebanon, to head southwards at once.
"Warning. All residents of Kiryat Shmona are asked to evacuate immediately. Head south," it said in a statement.
Hezbollah did not specify what action, if any, it planned to take against the city of around 20,000 people.
In a social media post, U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran will be "hit very hard" today (7 March). President Trump added that he was considering widening "the areas and groups of people" targeted, as a result of Iran's "bad behaviour."
"Iran is no longer the 'Bully of the Middle East,' they are, instead, 'THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,' and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!," he continued.
Baku has completed its evacuation of staff from the Azerbaijan Consulate General in Tabriz, while most employees from the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran have also returned. Chimnaz Shahlar has the details from Astara, Azerbaijan.
The UAE's Ministry of Defence (MOD) said it had intercepted and destroyed 15 of the missiles, while one fell in the sea.
In a post on X, the UAE MOD added: "Air defence systems also detected 121 UAVs [drones], of which 119 were intercepted, while two fell within the territory of the UAE."
Videos purportedly taken in the early hours of Saturday (7 March) show fire and a large plume of smoke rising over the Iranian capital in the direction of Mehrabad Airport.
The RAF said it shot down two hostile drones over Jordan this week. It was the first time the airforce's F-35B planes had carried out a shoot down.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday (7 March) that the country's Interim Leadership Council had approved the suspension of attacks on neighbouring countries, except where attacks on Iran came from those countries.
The announcement came as Tehran continued to launch attacks in the region in response to U.S.-Israeli strikes.
The Azerbaijani State Security Service has said it has stopped Iran committing terror attacks against four targets in the country: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan, a leader of the Mountain Jews religious community and the "Ashkenazi" synagogue.
Overnight air attacks on the eastern Lebanese town of Nabi Chit killed at least 16 people, Lebanon's Health Ministry said on Saturday (7 March).
In addition, 35 people were wounded. More than 200 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel on Monday (2 March).
The UAE has said its defence systems are currently responding to a missile threat. It comes as witnesses report hearing several loud bangs in the capital Abu Dhabi.
Riyadh's Ministry of Defense said it had intercepted two ballistic missiles heding towards the Prince Sultan Air Base in a post on X on Saturday morning (7 March).
A spokesperson added that four drones heading towards the Shaybah Oil Field were also intercepted and destroyed.
The major domestic air hub in Tehran came under attack by heavy airstrikes on Saturday morning (7 March), according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained low on Thursday, as Iran reiterated that it will neither enter into new negotiations with the United States nor re-open the Strait as long as its conditions are not met, despite recent indirect talks in New York mediated by Qatar.
As the Ukraine war is highlighted by some leaders during the United Nations' 81st General Assembly meeting in New York, Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday with ballistic missiles, killing two people and injuring six, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The 81st UN General Assembly continues in New York on Wednesday, with another day of high-level speeches and diplomatic meetings. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, global security and international cooperation remain at the centre of discussions.
The 81st UN General Assembly has wrapped up its third day in New York on Thursday, with world leaders delivering high-level speeches and holding diplomatic meetings.
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan will hold an urgent high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. The meeting comes as Tehran seeks to distance itself from the rapid advance of its Houthi allies.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan held talks on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. They discussed progress towards peace and the development of economic and transport links between the two countries.
Fourteen Kazakh military personnel died after being swept out to sea during a naval training exercise in the western Mangistau region, authorities said on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mounted a forceful defence of Israel's actions in the region at the United Nations on Thursday, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of delegates streamed out.
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated again, with Pakistani security sources saying its troops thwarted an attempted Afghan Taliban attack in the Gulistan sector of Balochistan on Thursday, along Pakistan’s western border with Afghanistan, killing several Taliban fighters.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze used his address to the UN General Assembly's 81st session in New York this week to make a two-part case: that Georgia is becoming an indispensable regional hub, and that it remains open to repairing ties with international partners.
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