US President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran must stop "shooting," as the two countries attacked each other for the first time since the ceasefire

Tehran was exchanging messages with Washington in an atmosphere of "extreme suspicion".

Iranian media today said Israel had struck a petrochemical company in southwestern Iran, as the warring countries traded fire hours after US President Donald Trump called for restraint.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a missile attack on Israel on Monday and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major disruption on the key route

Commissioner Sardar Waheed, the top civilian official in the city of Rawalakot, where the latest clashes took place, told AFP three civilians were killed and 40 wounded.

More than 100 people injured

China's President Xi Jinping hailed an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang on arrival in North Korea today, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing.

Jet fuel prices are forecast to reach US$152 (S$196.2) per barrel in 2026, up from less than US$100 per barrel in 2025

Bear attacks, including in urban areas, have been on the rise in Japan, prompting the government to set up a task force this year to reduce casualties

Tehran's demands to end the war include the release of billions of dollars in frozen assets, as well as the lifting of U.S. and international sanctions and recognition of its sway over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran fired a salvo of missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation, putting U.S.-Iran peace talks at risk

The new attacks, including a strike on an Iranian petrochemical complex, came hours after US President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's missiles.

Circumstances of the stabbing were not immediately clear.

Japanese authorities separately issued a tsunami advisory for swathes of its Pacific coast

'The Israeli army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs,' says General Ali Abdollahi,

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called the attack a "warning" after Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs earlier in the day, threatening wider strikes in the event of repeated aggression.

Armenians headed to the polls yesterday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government’s efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan three years ago.

Taiwan’s coast guard said yesterday its vessels were in a “standoff” with Chinese ships involved in an operation in waters southeast of the island democracy.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme is “the line of no retreat”, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said in a statement carried by state media yesterday ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Yesterday marked 100 days since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran. Despite ongoing battles and intermittent ceasefire talks, the conflict remains deeply unpopular among Americans, posing a political challenge for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.