April 6, 2026 (Net): At least 35 people were killed and many injured in Iran by the extensive US-Israel air strikes over Tehran and other cities on Monday. Many establishments including a university and civil areas were pounded by the strikes.
Trump threatens ‘hell’
Trump threatened “hell” if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vowing in an expletive-laden social media post to strike its bridges and power plants.
Iran’s powerful parliament speaker warned Trump in response that his “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn”.
UAE air defences respond
The United Arab Emirates said Monday its air defences were responding to a missile and drone attack.
Air defence systems “are actively engaging with missiles and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) threats,” the defence ministry (MOD) posted on X.
Oil up above $110
Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday as the war in the Middle East continues to squeeze global energy supplies.
North Sea Brent crude increased 1.16 percent to $110.30 a barrel, while the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 1.86 percent to $113.62 a barrel.
Israel strikes kill 15 in Lebanon
Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 15 people Sunday and wounded 39, Lebanese officials said.
One of Israel’s strikes in Beirut Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 52 in the Jnah neighbor-hood, according to the Lebanese health ministry, while a strike targeting an apartment building in Ain Saadeh town east of Beirut killed three people and injured three others.
A strike in the southern town of Kfar Hatta, far from the border with Israel, killed seven people includ-ing a four-year-old girl, the ministry added.
Trump deadline
US President Donald Trump appeared to extend by 24 hours his deadline for Iran to make a deal to reo-pen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating infrastructure attacks.
“Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!” he simply said on his Truth Social platform.
Israeli building hit
The Israeli military and medics said a missile fired from Iran hit a residential building in the northern city of Haifa, injuring four people.
The building was hit by a “direct impact of a missile”, the military told AFP.
OPEC hikes quotas
The OPEC+ oil cartel agreed to again increase oil production quotas, by 206,000 barrels per day from May.
It warned that repairing energy facilities damaged in recent attacks is costly and “takes a long time”, po-tentially hitting global oil supplies well into the future.
Iran airport hit
A US-Israeli airstrike hit the Qasem Soleimani international airport in southwestern Iran, state media reported.
Pope urges peace
Pope Leo XIV urged “those who have the power to unleash wars” to “choose peace”, in his first Easter blessing as pontiff.
“We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people,” he told a crowd in St Peter’s Square.
