Daily brief
Navy warships are monitoring India-bound vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran states it allowed the passage of two Indian ships through the strategic waterway.
A major fire erupted at an oil terminal in the UAE's Fujairah port, hours after reported US strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, with a separate fire reported at a petroleum storage site in Sharjah.
North Korea fired around 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan amid regional military drill tensions.
A Mumbai engineer was killed in a tanker attack near Iraq; his family claims he was forced to join the vessel just before the incident (ongoing coverage).
Eleven Indian nationals have been accused of defrauding US authorities to obtain U visas through staged robberies.