The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory statements from Washington about how the war, now in its fifth week, might end.

Iranian media yesterday reported that a wave of US-Israeli strikes hit military bases, a cancer drug plant and a religious site -- a day after President Donald Trump threatened to destroy the country’s oil wells and power grid.

US President Donald Trump brushed aside concerns about surging fuel prices yesterday and threatened to destroy Iran’s oil wells, power plants and main export terminal if Tehran does not quickly accept a peace deal.

A statement carried by the Guards' Sepah News website said Tangsiri "succumbed to severe injuries" from the attack

Iran launched strikes on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, meanwhile after Iranian electrical facilities came under attack, cutting power to parts of Tehran and surrounding areas

The country’s merchandised shipments of processed foods and agricultural products to Gulf nations are facing a serious shock from the war in the Middle East, with freight charges soaring fourfold and new orders plunging.

Trump's approval rating has sunk below 40 percent and midterm elections loom in November, with his Republican Party at risk of losing control of both chambers of Congress

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched missiles at Israel yesterday, their first such attack since the start of the Iran war, heightening the risk that a conflict now in its second month could expand further across the region.

In the moments when the maps of the world shake, the danger of war is not only in the missiles, but in the minds that run them, in the language that justifies them,

An opportunity has emerged for Bangladesh to tap as much as $1.6 billion in Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing through a mix of new and ongoing support programmes.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned civilians across the Middle East yesterday to stay away from areas near US forces, in a mark of defiance after President Donald Trump claimed talks to end the month-long war were “going well”.

Iran yesterday rejected a 15-point ceasefire proposal by the United States, setting out its own conditions for peace, according to Iranian state media.

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war

Trump expresses cautious optimism about ending nearly a month of war

Iran and Israel traded fresh strikes yesterday as the Middle East war raged on, though a diplomatic push to bring Iran and the United States  to the negotiating table appeared to be gathering pace.

Much of Asia is heavily exposed to the energy crisis that has unfolded since the US-Israel attack on Iran began last month.

The missiles triggered air raid sirens in parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv where blasts from interceptions were heard.

Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir spoke with Trump on Sunday, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday

Throughout war planning, Netanyahu waged lobbying campaign in favor of Iran attack - though no proof it was decisive factor for US president

Warning applies to most Arab countries