• Efforts to end the Iran conflict were at an impasse on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump unhappy with the latest proposal from Tehran. READ MORE BELOW

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel blew up a "massive Hezbollah terrorist tunnel" in Lebanon on Tuesday. READ MORE BELOW

• Iranian army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akraminia says the country's air force is having a decisive role in the war. READ MORE BELOW

• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face tough questions from lawmakers about the Iran war on Wednesday during his first testimony to Congress since the start of the conflict.

• The Lebanese health ministry said Israeli strikes Tuesday killed eight people, including civil defence rescuers, and wounded two soldiers in the country's south, despite an ongoing ceasefire.

• Oil prices jumped on reports thatTrump was unlikely to  accept an Iranian proposal to restore traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and Qatar warned of a possible "frozen conflict".

• Air defense systems engaged drones flying over Baghdad's Green Zone - the site of the US embassy - a military source claimed.

• US troops boarded, searched, and later released the M/V Blue Star III, which the US suspected of trying to violate its blockade of Iranian ports.

• The US said it was imposing sanctions on 35 entities and individuals for their role in Iran's shadow banking system.

• In private remarks to students reported by the BBC, the UK's ambassador to the US, Sir Christian Turner, said the only country that has a "special relationship" with the United States is "probably Israel".

• The United Arab Emirates will withdraw from the OPEC and OPEC+ oil cartels to focus on "national interests", in a bombshell announcement as energy prices soar over the Middle East war. READ MORE HERE

Talks impasse continues

Efforts to end the Iran conflict are at an impasse with US President Donald Trump unhappy with the latest proposal from Tehran, which he claimed, without evidence, had informed the US it was in a "state of collapse" and figuring out its leadership situation.

Iran's most recent offer for resolving the two-month war would set aside discussion of its nuclear program until the conflict was concluded and shipping disputes resolved.

But Trump wants nuclear issues dealt with from the outset, a US official briefed on Trump's Monday meeting with his advisers said.

In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said: "Iran has just informed us that they are in a 'State of Collapse'. They want us to 'Open the Hormuz Strait,' as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!)."

It was unclear from his post how Iran might have communicated that message and there was no immediate response from Tehran to Trump's latest comments.

Earlier, an Iranian army spokesperson told state media the Islamic Republic did not consider the war over.

Netanyahu celebrates apparent Hezbollah tunnel attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel blew up a "massive Hezbollah terrorist tunnel" in Lebanon on Tuesday (April 28). 

In a video statement issued by his office, Netanyahu said that Israel was destroying Hezbollah infrastructure and will continue to target Hezbollah militants. 

"We are operating within the security zone, south of the Litani, north of the Litani, in the Beqaa Valley, and in northern Lebanon," he said. 

The US-mediated ceasefire ​agreed between Israel and Lebanon has led to a significant ⁠reduction in hostilities, but Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have continued to ​clash in southern Lebanon, where Israel has kept soldiers in the self-declared buffer ​zone.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes across southern Lebanon, destroying homes it describes as infrastructure being used by ⁠Hezbollah. The Iran-backed group, meanwhile, has kept up its drone and rocket attacks against Israeli troops in Lebanon and on northern ​Israel.

Hezbollah reported a series of attacks on Tuesday on Israeli forces inside Lebanon's territory, including in al-Qantara and al-Taybeh.

Iran army chief: Tehran retains 'many winning cards'

Iranian army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akraminia told state-run TV that the country's air force has successfully attacked enemy bases "in regional countries, including the counter-revolutionary base in Erbil, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar".

Akraminia told Press TV "more than 170 enemy aircraft" have been hit in Iranian attacks in recent weeks, including 16 fighter jets". 

He warned: "If the enemy again commits aggression and threatens the security of this land, they will face a more crushing response than before. We have many winning cards that we have not yet used."