Daily brief
Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Kuwait International Airport and a US military base in Bahrain, killing an Indian national and injuring at least 63 others. Kuwait suspended flights, partially resumed them later, and expelled two Iranian diplomats. The US retaliated by striking Iran's Qeshm Islands, while Iran's IRGC claimed to have targeted the US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. Oil prices continued to soar amid the ongoing fourth month of the Hormuz blockade. (ongoing coverage)
Iran and the United States exchanged strikes in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, further testing the existing ceasefire, with Iran's Foreign Minister describing the attacks as legitimate self-defense.
Kuwait arrested a person for filming the interception of a drone and causing a traffic accident.
Egypt condemned the Iranian attack on Kuwait as a dangerous escalation.
IAEA chief Grossi said the attackers of the UAE's Barakah nuclear plant 'knew what they were doing' and called the incident more dangerous than the situation at Zaporizhzhia.