On the event date, the White House moved from an ultimatum to a pause in hostilities, with the ceasefire tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and talks scheduled to continue in Pakistan.
Lebanese authorities say Israeli air raids have displaced about 1.2 million people, killed more than 1,450 and wounded more than 4,400 amid an expanding war.
AirAsia says it still plans to launch its Bahrain hub in June, even as the Middle East conflict disrupts air corridors and forces airlines to rethink their networks.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said three people, including two women, were killed and three others injured when an apartment building was struck in the predominantly Christian town.
The Israeli military says its air force killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, whom it identified as the head of commerce at the IRGC’s oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran.
Rescue crews recovered two bodies from the rubble of a Haifa home hit by an Iranian missile, while two people remained missing and nine others were injured.
The producer group added 206,000 barrels per day for May while warning that damage to energy infrastructure and shipping routes is worsening volatility.
Officials in Islamabad and Punjab are moving to blunt the impact of steep fuel price increases with free or subsidized state transport, while protests grow over the cost of living.
Kyodo News reports that a Japanese LNG tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the war began, a sign that some carriers are cautiously resuming transit.
The CMA CGM Kribi appears to be the first major European commercial vessel to cross the Strait of Hormuz since crossings were throttled by war-related attacks.
Ukrainian forces said they hit multiple military targets at Kirovske airfield in occupied Crimea, with claims that the attack destroyed an An-72P patrol aircraft and drone infrastructure.
Oil prices jumped to more than $113 a barrel while gasoline and diesel costs rose again, deepening concern that the conflict in the Middle East is feeding inflation at home.
Tehran and Doha were drawn into a fresh security scare on the event date 2026-04-01 after Qatar said missiles were fired toward its waters and shipping lanes.
The president said the Iran war could end in weeks, while warning of further strikes, sending oil futures higher and stocks lower in after-hours trading.