TEHRAN -- Two counties in southwestern Iran's Khuzestan province were hit by U.S. strikes on Tuesday afternoon, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported, citing a local official.
Abadan County, home to Iran's oldest oil refinery and bordering Iraq, and nearby Bandar-e Mahshahr County on the northern coast of the Gulf, were targeted, according to Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan's deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs.
An earlier IRNA report, also citing Hayati, reported that at least four people were injured in Khuzestan's Omidiyeh County in overnight U.S. strikes. (Iran-US Strikes-Casualties)
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TEHRAN -- The Iranian armed forces said early Tuesday they launched missile and drone strikes on U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in response to fresh U.S. attacks on southern Iran.
In a statement carried by its official outlet Sepah News, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the United States carried out overnight airstrikes on coastal facilities and several military sites in southern Iran following what it described as Washington's Monday night "defeat" in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a separate statement, the IRGC accused the U.S. military of attempting to escort several vessels through an "illegal" route in the Strait of Hormuz. It said two supertankers that allegedly switched off their navigation systems, ignored repeated Iranian warnings and entered a mined route were struck. (Iran-US-Retaliation)
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LONDON -- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday that two oil tankers were attacked while transiting the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz.
In two separate warning notices, the UKMTO said the incidents involved two tankers that were struck by missiles while sailing outbound through the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz. The notices were largely identical except for the vessels' reference numbers. (Britain-Hormuz Strait-Attacks)
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GAZA -- Seven Palestinians, including police officers affiliated with the Hamas-run interior authorities, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a security post in northern Gaza, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
They said that an Israeli drone fired three missiles at the security post in the al-Faluja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp, causing extensive damage and multiple casualties.
Gaza-based health authorities said Tuesday that hospitals have received two bodies and 21 wounded over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025 to 1,110, with 3,599 injured. The overall death toll since Oct. 7, 2023, has reached 73,233, with 173,707 injured, they added. (Gaza-Israeli Airstrike-Deaths)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union(EU), Britain and Spain on Tuesday signed an agreement on Gibraltar's future status in Brussels, removing routine checks at the land border between Gibraltar and Spain.
The agreement was signed by European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic, British Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno.
It will remove routine border checks between Gibraltar and Spain and bring Gibraltar closer to the EU through alignment with Schengen rules and customs arrangements. (EU-UK-Spain)
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BRUSSELS -- Multiple people have died on Tuesday in a fire at the well-known Oxy building on De Brouckere Square, in the center of Brussels.
According to local media, 6 people are still missing. The fire brigade has deployed en masse for a major search and rescue operation.
"We currently have no contact with six people," Brussels Labor Prosecutor Brecht Speybrouck told local media HLN. "I can also confirm that several people have died." The exact number of casualties remains unclear. (Belgium-Fire)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured after a residential house collapsed during heavy rain on Monday evening in the Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said.
An official from the Rescue 1122 said late Monday night that torrential rainfall caused the house to cave in the Malgin area of Lachi area of the district, trapping 23 people under the rubble. (Pakistan-House Collapse-Deaths)
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KIEV -- Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, its press service reported.
The move passed with 258 lawmakers voting in favor, surpassing the required majority of 226. (Ukraine-PM Resignation-Parliament Approval) Enditem
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