Russia has launched a drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight on Monday, killing three people, and damaging infrastructure, residential and administrative buildings, the regional governor said.
"Overnight, Odesa came under another heavy attack by the enemy," Oleh Kiper, Odesa regional governor, said on the Telegram app. As well as the three dead, 10 people were injured, he said.
"Residential buildings, critical infrastructure, and administrative facilities were hit. There is significant damage," Kiper said.
With the war now in its fifth year, Moscow has escalated its attacks on Odesa, a key logistics hub in southern Ukraine and the country's largest port, handling the majority of the Ukrainian grain and other maritime exports.
With a US deadline approaching, the United States and Iran received the framework of a plan to end their five‑week-old conflict, though Tehran rejected any immediate move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The head of the intelligence organisation of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed on Monday in an "attack by the... enemy", Iranian media said, citing a statement by the Guards.
Kuwait's Ministry of Health has reported that six people were injured early on Monday due to falling projectiles and debris in a residential area in the northern part of the country.
US special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis for President Donald Trump, as the war entered its sixth week with little sign of progress in diplomatic efforts for a resolution.
Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast recovered the bodies of two migrants and rescued 32 survivors from a boat trying to cross to Europe from Libya on Easter weekend, rescue charities said, citing the survivors as saying 71 others were lost at sea.
Fujairah authorities have announced on Monday that they are responding to an incident involving a drone attack from Iran that targeted the emirate's du telecommunications company building.
In an interview with Dubai Eye 103.8's Business Breakfast show, the UAE's Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri stated that a 40-day conflict will not determine the country's economic future, highlighting its strength, power, and ability to "bounce back".
Authorities have reported on Monday that one person was injured due to fallen debris on the Raneen Systems company in Abu Dhabi's Musaffah area following a successful interception from the UAE's air defence systems.