US carries out strikes in Iran as Revolutionary Guards target US airbase
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The US military on Thursday conducted its second defensive strike this week against Iran after officials said they observed aggressive activity from the Iranian military. This comes shortly after US President Donald Trump threatened to "finish the job" if Tehran didn't agree to a deal. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
28/05/2026 - 07:57Israel strikes Tyre after declaring 'combat zones' in south Lebanon
The Israeli military said it had begun new strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure around the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. Israel had previously declared all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River, as "combat zones" and told residents to evacuate ahead of attacks.
28/05/2026 - 07:56US strikes Iran, drawing retaliatory attack on American base
The United States struck southern Iran, drawing retaliation from Tehran against a US military base, in the most serious clashes since an April ceasefire began.
FRANCE 24's correspondant Reza Sayah has more from Tehran.
28/05/2026 - 07:11EU Kallas warns 'not in anybody's interest' for Iran war to continue
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned that it was in no one's interest for the US war with Iran to continue, as the two sides traded fire in the worst clashes since an April ceasefire began.
"They are right now in between this very dangerous zone of war and peace, and it is not in anybody's interest that this war continues," Kallas told reporters at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cyprus.
28/05/2026 - 07:10Global fuel crisis adds urgency to Cambodian push to tap $300 billion energy resources
The oil shock from the Iran conflict has created renewed urgency for Cambodia to resolve a festering maritime dispute with Thailand and unlock undersea energy resources worth $300 billion, Cambodia's energy minister said.
Cambodia is relying on renewable energy sources including hydropower and a growing solar capacity to weather the current crisis, but its hopes for further industrialisation rest on more fossil fuel assets, Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rottanak told Reuters in an interview.
28/05/2026 - 06:50Middle East war reshaping national energy strategies, says IEA
The Middle East war is pushing countries to open new supply routes and turn to domestic resources to tide over the world's biggest energy crisis, the International Energy Agency said.
"We are in the midst of the largest energy security crisis the world has ever faced – and I believe this will reshape investment strategies globally, with parallels to the major changes the energy world witnessed after the oil shocks of the 1970s," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol
"We are already seeing intensified efforts by both producer and consumer countries to diversify trade routes and energy sources – such as advancing new pipelines and other supply infrastructure, on the one hand, and turning more to domestically available resources, on the other," he added in the World Energy Investment report by the energy agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
28/05/2026 - 06:47Iran looking to 'buy time to rebuild its military' amid talks to end war
Iran accused the United States of breaching their ceasefire and warned it was ready to retaliate after overnight US strikes targeting Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats. Despite the strikes, the US is adamant that a deal was within reach, and a top Iranian official delegation in Qatar says it is finalising a 14-point framework for a deal to end the war.
FRANCE 24's Philip Turle looks at where talks are stalling.
28/05/2026 - 06:44 28/05/2026 - 06:40- Iran Revolutionary Guards say they targeted US airbase
- Israel says it has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure around Tyre
- Iran forces fired at 4 ships attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz
- Kuwait says military responding to missile and drone attacks
Supertankers and LNG vessel leave Strait of Hormuz with transponders switched off
Two supertankers and one liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week with their transponders switched off, and are heading for India and China, shipping data from LSEG and Kpler showed.
The vessels joined a number of tankers leaving the Gulf this month, although oil and LNG traffic overall has still been limited.
The Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Eagle Veracruz, carrying 2 million barrels of crude loaded from Saudi Arabia in late February, is heading to Quanzhou port in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian. The VLCC is expected to arrive at the port where Sinochem's refinery is located on June 16.
28/05/2026 - 05:23Iran Revolutionary Guards say they targeted US airbase
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a US airbase at 0450 local time after what they described as an early morning US attack near Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.
The IRGC did not say where the base is.
They warned that any repeat of what they called aggression would draw a "more decisive" response and said responsibility for the consequences lay with the "aggressor".
28/05/2026 - 05:13Israel says it has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure around Tyre
Israel's military said it had begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure around Tyre after issuing an evacuation warning for residents of the southern Lebanese city.
"The IDF is compelled to take forceful action against it," the Israeli military's order said, in reference to the Iran-backed group.
It added that residents of the zone around certain buildings should leave and travel north of the Zahrani River, and that remaining in the area "places you at risk".
"The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the area of Tyre," the military posted in a later statement on Telegram.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported two sets of Israeli strikes had taken place on the city and an area to its east on Thursday morning, hitting a building and sparking a fire in Tyre.
28/05/2026 - 05:00Kuwait says military responding to missile and drone attacks
Kuwait's military said it was responding to missile and drone attacks, after the US carried out fresh strikes on Iran and Tehran said it had fired at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
"Kuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the Kuwaiti army posted on X.
28/05/2026 - 04:37Iran forces fired at 4 ships attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces fired at four ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state broadcaster IRIB reported as Washington carried out fresh strikes on southern Iran.
“Four vessels attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz and enter the Persian Gulf without coordination with the security forces,” IRIB posted on Telegram, saying the incident took place at around 12:35 am local time (2105 GMT Wednesday) but without providing details on the ships.
“They were warned, but after they ignored the warning, warning shots were fired at them, forcing them to return,” it added.
28/05/2026 - 04:16Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran
Oil prices bounced higher after new US strikes on Iran, the latest test of a shaky ceasefire as diplomatic efforts to end the war persist.
Brent North Sea crude, the main international benchmark, rose by nearly two percent to $96.13 a barrel, while the main US contract, WTI, increased by 1.75 percent to $90.23 a barrel.
The higher prices followed Wednesday's declines on hopes of an imminent deal to avoid further hostilities in the Middle East war, which has halted shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz for months.
28/05/2026 - 03:42US imposes new sanctions on Iran amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
The Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The sanctions move, first reported by The Associated Press, is the latest US effort to use economic leverage on top of military action to push Iran’s leadership into an agreement to end the war and open the waterway where a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas normally passes. President Donald Trump has said a deal is imminent, but talks are ongoing.
“The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
28/05/2026 - 03:20ECB’s Philip Lane warns Middle East energy shock may keep inflation elevated
The energy shock caused by the Middle East conflict will likely have a persistent impact on inflation even if there is a quick solution to the war, the European Central Bank's chief economist, Philip Lane, said.
"Even if the initial energy shock starts to reverse, the second round (effect) will be with us for a while," he said in a conference hosted by the BOJ and its think tank in Tokyo.
28/05/2026 - 03:19Trump administration seeks funding deals with drone firms
The Trump administration is pursuing funding deals with a group of drone companies, including Unusual Machines and Sequoia Capital-backed Neros, to help increase domestic production and lower the costs of drones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
28/05/2026 - 03:18Israel issues evacuation warning for Tyre as it targets Hezbollah positions
Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for residents of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, saying it would operate against Iran-backed group Hezbollah in the area.
"The IDF is compelled to take forceful action against it," the Israeli military's order said, in reference to Hezbollah.
It added that residents of the zone around certain buildings should leave and travel north of the Zahrani River, and that remaining in the area "places you at risk".
28/05/2026 - 03:10US conducts second defensive strike against Iran this week
The US military on Wednesday conducted its second defensive strike this week against Iran after officials said they observed aggressive activity from the Iranian military.
Two US officials told The Associated Press that US military forces shot down four Iranian drones and struck a base that was about to launch a fifth drone after determining they posed a threat to the Strait of Hormuz.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive military operations.
28/05/2026 - 03:10Welcome to France 24's liveblog covering events in the Middle East. You can catch up on yesterday's news here.
Yesterday's key developments:
• US President Donald Trump told his cabinet that “nobody” would control the Strait of Hormuz under a future settlement with Iran, but maintained that the US would “watch over” the critical waterway.
• The Israeli military said that all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River, which runs roughly 40 kilometres north of the Israel-Lebanon border, were considered "combat zones" and urged residents to head north.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli air strikes on Gaza City had killed Hamas' armed wing chief Mohammad Odeh, considered “one of the architects” of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks that began the war.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
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