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Trump says a regime change has occurred in Iran and the US is in “meaningful talks” despite bombing the country twice, triggering a month-long war. Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly wounded. Pakistan offers to host peace talks as Trump signals a possible deal soon.

Sinner's victory, coupled with Aryna Sabalenka's triumph over Coco Gauff on Saturday, mark the first time the Indian Wells-Miami sweep was achieved on both the men's and women's sides since Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both did it in 2016.

An Indian worker was killed in an Iranian attack on a Kuwaiti desalination plant, damaging a service building. This raises Indian casualties in West Asia to seven. The MEA and Indian missions are coordinating repatriation.

Pakistan offered to host US-Iran peace talks amid rising regional tensions. Backed by UN, China, and Middle Eastern allies, Islamabad is pushing diplomacy to end the conflict, protect trade routes, and stabilise the region while leveraging strong ties with both Tehran and Washington.

Ebrahim Zolfaqari, brigadier general and spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the Army has been waiting to prove that aggression and occupation will result in nothing but humiliating captivity, dismemberment, and disappearance of aggressors.

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is currently escorted by three guided-missile destroyers near Iran. Equipped with stealth fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles, this massive naval fleet serves to deter regional threats.

The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group uses a dense network of destroyers, Aegis systems, and aircraft to protect the carrier from regional missile and drone threats in the Middle East.

US-Iran war enters day 30 with strikes across Iran, Lebanon and Gulf bases. Here’s a full breakdown of escalation, the Kharg Island battle and global impact

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The USS Abraham Lincoln brings massive airpower to the Middle East. Despite missile threats, the heavily defended supercarrier secures vital maritime routes and projects decisive military strength.

The USS Abraham Lincoln relies on the Phalanx CIWS, a radar-guided 20mm cannon firing 4,500 rounds per minute, to destroy Iranian drones and missiles as a final line of defence.

The USS Abraham Lincoln repositioned near Salalah, Oman, establishing an 1,100-kilometre standoff from Iran. This tactical shift protects the carrier from coastal threats while preserving strike reach.

Iran is employing a "scattered," asymmetric offensive strategy to counter US-Israel military superiority, utilizing sustained, low-cost drone and missile swarms. Operation True Promise has involved over 5,693 strikes targeting Israeli defense systems and U.S. bases in the Gulf, aiming to deplete expensive interceptor stocks through swarm saturation.

Israeli police blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, which the prime minister's office said was done out of 'concern for his safety". "This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem ... together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo ... from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass," a statement from the Patriarchate said.

Fresh violence has erupted along the tense Pakistan-Afghanistan border after shelling reportedly struck residential areas in Asadabad, in Afghanistan’s Kunar province. At least one person has been killed and more than fifteen others, including women and children, have been injured in the cross-border mortar attack.

Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was injured in the US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, and his son. He has issued two written statements that have been delivered via state media.

Iran has threatened to launch sea-to-sea missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln if the American aircraft carrier enters its firing range.

Following protocol, Adnan was handed over to the airline’s security personnel and the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force). Police were informed, and a case was registered against him.

Iran has likely earned hundreds of millions of dollars of extra income from oil sales since the start of the war, benefiting from a surge in the price of its crude after it became the only major exporter able to use the Strait of Hormuz.