Iranian strikes targeted maritime navigation infrastructure on Oman's Didamar island, although the extent of the damage and impact on commercial shipping remains unclear.
Turkey excluded Israel from the COP31 climate summit over its actions in Gaza, while Iran attended, and world leaders increasingly focused on geopolitical conflicts rather than climate policy.
The KDP won 39 seats in the 100-seat parliament, while the PUK secured 23. Neither party has enough seats to govern alone, making negotiations over senior positions and cabinet portfolios essential.
Houthis claim new Saudi airstrikes and shelling as Yemeni government forces launch a major offensive and Iran says a tanker hit a mine in Hormuz.
The reported killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Beirut has raised questions about his movements, possible motives and Hezbollah connections.
The men were reportedly carrying maps and documents, some of which they allegedly attempted to destroy before being taken into custody.
The newspaper reported that US officials have noted that Iran's ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the US and other territories overseas is limited.
Al-Alwani, 57, was a Sunni Iraqi politician from Anbar province who had previously spent more than a decade in prison under a death sentence before being released in 2025.
Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi attempted to pass coded messages to two other alleged Iran-backed operatives through phone calls to immediate family members from jail in New York.
The International Maritime Organization has confirmed 130 incidents, most of them attacks, in the region since the conflict began in late February, with at least 25 seafarers killed.
The French initiative is moving forward as Macron confronts growing political, economic, and social turmoil at home.
