Hyderabad, April 30 -- Iran has warned it will launch "long and painful" strikes on US regional positions if Washington carries out even limited military action, as tensions sharply escalate on Thursday, April 30.

A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official said American bases and warships would be targeted, responding to an Axios report that the US has prepared a "short and powerful" wave of strikes on Iran.

Pentagon spending on Iran war exceeds UN's 2026 aid appeal

US military spending on the Iran war has reached $25 billion, exceeding the $23 billion sought by the UN's humanitarian agency, a senior aid official told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa...