The attack hit four districts, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure, officials said.

A State Department official was barred from going to Brazil because of a proposed visit to jailed former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States.

Two oil tankers were berthed at key Iranian oil-export facility Kharg Island hours after the US attacked military installations there, according to Tankertrackers.com, a firm that specializes in studying satellite imagery to follow ship movements.

In terms of total production loss, this is the worst oil crisis in modern history, surpassing the 1970s Arab embargo and the Gulf War disruptions of the early 1990s. Two weeks into the Iran war, hopes for a quick resolution to the Strait of Hormuz shipping crisis are fading fast.

The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a range of the president's import taxes.

The USS Tripoli and its 2,500 Marines are headed to the Middle East to bolster U.S. military power there as the war in Iran enters its third week.

Several people have been arrested in Dubai for having, sharing or commenting on digital content that shows attacks or damage from attacks by Iran.