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West Asia War LIVE Updates: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Thursday that it has killed Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in Beirut. Harshi was also nephew of the Hezbollah chief who heads the Lebanese group backed by Iran, reported IANS. Follow LIVE updates here
09 April,2026 04:19 PM IST | Tehran
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West Asia War LIVE Updates: Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning Wednesday afternoon, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the US-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon's health ministry said dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in an early estimate. We are closing the LIVE blog now
08 April,2026 10:41 PM IST | Tehran
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West Asia War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed back deadlines for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz, but his latest deadline for Tuesday came with his most perilous threat yet: "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Trump's previous deadline was weeks ago, but it was postponed several times as the Republican president oscillated between heated threats, announced delays and proclamations that the negotiations were going well, sometimes in the same statement. That was true in Trump's Truth Social post ahead of his Tuesday 8 pm ET deadline. After threatening a "whole civilization," Trump said that Iran's new leaders were more reasonable and "maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?" We are closing the LIVE blog now
07 April,2026 11:02 PM IST | Wellington
West Asia War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump signalled potential large-scale strikes on Iranian infrastructure if Tehran does not comply with US demands, outlining a hardline stance in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. We are closing the LIVE blog now
06 April,2026 10:09 PM IST | TehranADVERTISEMENT
