Kuwait and Israel said their air defences were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of the war that erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes that triggered retaliation by Tehran.

Any potential reshuffling could serve as a reset for the White House as it confronts a politically challenging stretch: The five-week-old war has driven up gas prices, dragged down Trump's approval ratings and intensified anxiety about the consequences for Republicans heading into November's midterm elections.

Leo, who has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Iran war, said that mistrust and fear have been allowed to "sever the bonds between us through war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations."

After the latest attack that injured three more soldiers, Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto ordered Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon to enter bunkers and refrain from activities outside.

The government urged the United Nations Security Council to hold a meeting between UNIFIL-contributing countries to take measures to enhance the protection of personnel serving with the peacekeeping force.

A meeting of the Council's 15 members was initially set for Friday before being rescheduled for Saturday, but several diplomats later said it had now been postponed until next week, with no new date yet announced.

A blast took place inside a UNIFIL facility near El Adeisse on Friday afternoon local time, injuring three Indonesian peacekeepers, two of whom were seriously wounded.

Zelenskiy proposed a halt in strikes for Easter holidays, and said Ukraine would reciprocate if Russia stopped attacks on the energy sector, but Moscow rejected the idea.

It is the first time since 2022 that the pope has personally taken part in the Way of the Cross, which has been organized at the Colosseum since 1964.

The prospect of a US service person being alive and on the run inside Iran raises the stakes for Washington in a conflict with low public support and no sign of an imminent end.

Just 221 commodities vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since March 1, some more than once, down from around 120 daily transits during peacetime.

Indonesia’s participation in the United States-led Board of Peace (BoP) is facing growing domestic opposition, with a recent national survey showing most Indonesians disapprove of joining US President Donald Trump’s initiative and deploying troops amid the escalating US-Israeli war against Iran.

Minister Raja Juli expressed confidence that the collaboration would bring substantial benefits to Indonesia, especially as the country faces heightened wildfire risks this year.

Indonesia’s major Islamic organizations have expressed solidarity with Iran, backing the country’s call for a unified response to what it describes as military aggression by the United States and Israel, and urging a swift end to the conflict as tensions in the Middle East escalate.

Indonesia is coordinating closely with the United Nations to repatriate the bodies of three Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon last week, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed, with the remains expected to return home in the next few days.

The coup-leading general—who swept aside democracy in 2021, detaining elected figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and dissolving her party—was anointed by pro-military MPs installed in a recent election overseen by the junta he leads.

"The Iranian Foreign Minister assured the (Foreign) Secretary that Iran will allow the safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all Filipino seafarers," the foreign affairs department said in a statement.

The US president on Wednesday unleashed his latest broadside against Macron during a private lunch as he lambasted NATO allies for not joining the war against Iran.

The President has wrapped up his four-day East Asia tour with a host of agreements totaling over $10 billion, though his return comes just as the new WFH policy goes into force in a bid to curb fuel consumption and offset energy pressures caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Munir has had several meetings with President Donald Trump, including an unprecedented one-on-one lunch at the White House, while the government has apprehended an Islamic State bomber accused of killing American troops and handed him over to the US.

Under the law, passed in parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as "terrorism" will face the death penalty as a default sentence.

The premier's announcement late Wednesday comes as the country starts to feel the impact of the Middle East war on global fuel supplies.

In an evening speech from the White House, Trump broke little new ground on how the war would end and vowed two to three weeks further of "extremely hard" strikes against Iran.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung highlighted Indonesia’s reliable supply of liquified natural gas (LNG) and coal to South Korea, while Prabowo noted the collaboration between Korea’s science and technology and Indonesia’s natural resources during the meeting in Seoul.

As Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon intensifies, Farizal Rhomadhon’s family in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, mourns the sudden loss of the peacekeeper, whose last call with his father ended abruptly before his death.

A visiting Russian academic has suggested that Global South countries establish a new system of governance and trade, free from Western dominance as the US-Israeli war on Iran shows no signs of ceasing, nearly a week into its second month.

Trump described the alliance as a "paper tiger" and said removing the United States from the defence pact was now "beyond reconsideration," the newspaper reported. He said he had long held doubts about NATO's credibility.