Here is what we know based on public statements and media reports

A new German military service law will require most young men to inform authorities when leaving the country for long periods, with a newspaper report on the little-noticed provision prompting widespread debate.

President Donald Trump yesterday said US forces safely extracted a second airman downed in Iran, calling it “one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations” in its history.

Gaza’s civil defence agency and a hospital reported that an Israeli strike on a group of civilians in the Palestinian territory yesterday killed four people and wounded several others.

US satellite imagery company Planet Labs said Saturday it will stop publishing high-resolution aerial pictures of the area involved in the Middle East war, following a request from President Donald Trump’s government.

Iran has announced that Iraqi ships are free to pass the Strait of Hormuz, the latest sign of Tehran easing its stranglehold on the critical conduit for global energy supplies.

The United States is set to commit nearly its entire inventory of stealthy long-range JASSM-ER cruise missiles to its ongoing military campaign against Iran, significantly depleting stockpiles earmarked for other regions, according to a Bloomberg report.

Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s NORSI oil refinery in the central Nizhny Novgorod region overnight, Ukrainian drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said yesterday.

The second US serviceman whose aircraft was shot down on Iranian soil has been rescued in a bold operation which marks a clear success for the US president at a time when he is under mounting pressure to end a war.

Eight members to raise quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May

Trump threatens to hit Iran infrastructure on Tuesday if Strait of Hormuz remains blocked

Damage reported at civilian facilities in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait

Government offices to now operate from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday

Tehran, on Thursday, said it was drafting a peacetime protocol with Oman to supervise maritime traffic through Hormuz

Gulf countries have faced repeated drone and missile salvos from Iran over past weeks in response to US and Israeli strikes

As Orion spacecraft nears lunar flyby, crew captures unprecedented views of far side, marking a milestone in humanity’s return to the Moon.

Iran's internet blackout, first imposed well over a month ago, is now the longest nationwide shutdown on record, according to the monitor NetBlocks

The unified command of the Iranian armed forces said the downed aircraft included a C-130 military transport plane as well as two Black Hawk

Strikes killed five people overnight in Iran's southwest during the rescue of a missing US crewmember of a downed American fighter jet

The two men were involved in anti-government protests that peaked in January