Asia

Iran adviser says post‑war 'new regime for Strait of Hormuz' will let Tehran impose maritime restrictions on sanctioned states

Iran war drives up India’s bottled water prices by 11% as plastic costs surge

Chinese official condemns killing of Iranian leaders and attacks on civilians, saying force in international relations is unacceptable

Attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field drives oil prices up as Tehran threatens Gulf energy sites and fires missiles at Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani says UAE allowing strikes is an internationally wrongful act

Qatar condemns what it calls a 'brutal Iranian attack' on Ras Laffan, saying it poses a direct threat to national security

Israel has struck Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut for days, but the latest attacks rank among the worst to hit the capital’s central areas in decades

Israel repeatedly accuses Hezbollah of trying to rearm and the Lebanese army of failing to disarm the group

Abbas Araqchi says war can only end if it stops permanently across the region and Tehran receives compensation for incurred damages

Officials say Takaichi aimed to warn Trump on China’s regional assertiveness before his now-postponed March visit

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they launch missiles at central Israel in retaliation and warn that Larijani’s death will prompt further attacks

Israel says Iran uses cluster warheads as a projectile lands near the Bushehr nuclear plant without damage, prompting IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to urge restraint

Ali Larijani, a veteran Iranian insider, wields immense influence as a skilled strategist, balancing ideological loyalty with pragmatic control over security and nuclear policy

Trump had been set to travel to Beijing from March 31-April 2 for the first trip there of his 14-month-old second term

China's foreign ministry urges the two countries to 'swiftly implement a ceasefire' and resolve their differences through dialogue

Iranian state media releases handwritten note by Larijani, yet to officially comment on news of death