In today’s afternoon digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on Middle East crisis, NIA’s latest revelation in Pahalgam terror attack case and other top stories.

Amid its escalating conflict with Israel, in which the US has also now taken part by bombing three key nuclear installations, Iran has warned that it may take the unprecedented step of closing the Strait of Hormuz.

The US on Sunday used the air force’s B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers to unleash “bunker buster” bombs on the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant – Iran’s most secretive and heavily protected nuclear facility buried beneath a mountain.