US-Iran War Live News Updates: North Korea Supports Mojtaba As Iran's New Supreme Leader; LPG Supply Crunch Hits India

North Korea has announced its support for Iran’s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s supreme leader and decried the 'illegal' attack by the US and Israel on Iran, as per to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

A spokesperson from North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Pyongyang respected "the right and choice" of Iran to select Khamenei, who replaced his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new leader, Al Jazeera reported.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been left stranded in Qatar amid the war in the Middle East. Al-Khelaifi has not been able to fly out of Doha for more than a week, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Flights in and out of the Middle East have been impacted by the Iran war, which began the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28.

Al-Khelaifi has been trying to return to Paris ahead of PSG's Champions League round-of-16 match against Chelsea on Wednesday. 

The American forces sunk several Iranian ships, including 16 minelayers, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the US Central Command. In a post on X, the US Central Command wrote, "US forces eliminated multiple Iranian naval vessels, March 10, including 16 minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz.
 

The Andhra Pradesh Star Hotels Association on Tuesday appealed to the state government to ensure reasonable and uninterrupted supply of commercial gas cylinders as oil marketing companies are rationing supplies amid supply chain disruptions fuelled by a raging war in the Middle East.

LPG supply disruptions are being reported from Pune, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh amid the Middle East crisis, the government has revised the priority order for allocating domestically produced natural gas, placing LPG production alongside CNG and piped cooking gas at the top.

The shortage of commercial LPG has become extremely serious over the past week, with intermittent disruptions escalating into a near complete halt in supply in several regions since Monday.

The US stock market held steadier on Tuesday as Wall Street waited for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% a day after its latest wild swings caused by extreme moves in the oil market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged higher by less than 0.1%

Two more members of the Iranian women's football team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, the country's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Wednesday.

The pair has been reunited with five players who were granted humanitarian visas a day earlier, Burke told reporters in Canberra. One of those in the later group was a player and the other a team staffer, Burke said, and both sought asylum before their teammates were transported to the airport.

The rest of the team's departure from Sydney to return to Iran late Tuesday local time happened during fraught and outraged protest at the team's hotel and at the airport, where Iranian Australians sought to prevent the women from leaving the country, citing fears for their safety in Iran.

Their flight departed late on Tuesday.

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Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said US forces hit more than 5,000 targets.

The Pentagon separately said on Tuesday that about 140 US service members have been wounded in the war, and the "vast majority" of the injuries were minor, with 108 service members already back on duty. Eight US service members suffered severe injuries, and seven have been killed.

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The UN refugee agency said that more than 667,000 people in Lebanon had registered as displaced -- an increase of over 100,000 since a day earlier -- and more than 85,000 people from Lebanon, mostly Syrians, had entered neighbouring Syria.

The British government said the number of commercial flights from the UAE to the UK is returning to normal levels, with 32 flights operated from Dubai to Britain on Monday and another 36 scheduled on Tuesday. British Airways, however, said it suspended flights to and from Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month.

Many foreign nationals have been getting out of the Persian Gulf region since the war began, including over 45,000 UK citizens, the British Foreign Office said. Some 40,000 people returned to the United States, according to the State Department.
 

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Iran has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure with attacks that appear aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the US and Israel to end their strikes. It has also fired on Israel and US military bases in the region.

Iran has effectively stopped tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil is carried.

Iran's leaders have remained defiant after days of heavy strikes targeting the country's leadership, military, ballistic missiles and disputed nuclear programme. Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said on X that Iran was "definitely not looking for a ceasefire".

"We believe that the aggressor should be punched in the mouth so that he learns a lesson so that he will never think of attacking our beloved Iran again," he said.

A top Iranian security official, Ali Larijani, posted a warning to Trump, writing on X that "Even those bigger than you couldn't eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself." Iran has been accused of plotting attempts to kill Trump in the past.
 

The United Arab Emirates reported two more deaths as nine drones struck the country, and nearly three dozen other drones and missiles were intercepted. Firefighters battled a blaze after an Iranian drone strike in the industrial city of Ruwais, home to petrochemical plants, officials said. No injuries were reported there.

Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf country -- home to the business and travel hub of Dubai -- have killed six people and wounded 122 since the surprise bombardment of Iran by the US and Israel began on February 28.

In Bahrain, authorities said an Iranian attack hit a residential building in the capital, Manama, killing a 29-year-old woman and wounding eight people. Bahrain's Defence Ministry says it has intercepted over 100 ballistic missiles and 175 drones since the war began.

Sirens also sounded in Jerusalem, and sounds of explosions could be heard in Tel Aviv as Israel's air defences worked to intercept barrages from Iran. Hezbollah, which began firing on Israel after the start of the war, launched missiles into Israel.
 

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Iran and US sharpened their rhetoric as they dug in, with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth again promising the most intense strikes yet, while Iran's leaders ruled out talks and threatened US President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that the US military has destroyed 10 inactive Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil shipments. 

He wrote, "I am pleased to report that within the last few hours, we have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships, with more to follow! President Donald J Trump." [sic]