There has been a 25 per cent increase in the production of cooking gas and there is no need for panic buying, the government said today amid reports of hotels and restaurants shutting down across the country.

The United States is responsible for the strike on the elementary school in Iran’s Minab that killed over 175 people, mostly children, according to a report by the New York Times.

A series of drone strikes targeted fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Salalah port. While the British maritime security firm Ambrey confirmed the strikes on the infrastructure, they noted that there was no damage to merchant vessels.