Kuwait’s ambassador, Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen, told the Geneva-based council, “We are seeing an existential threat to international and regional security. This aggressive approach is undermining international law and sovereignty.”

The UN human rights chief warned that the situation is dangerous. He said attacks on civilians must stop and added that deliberate strikes could be considered war crimes.

The UAE Defence Ministry has confirmed that a Moroccan civilian contractor with the United Arab Emirates’ armed forces was killed in Bahrain in an Iranian attack, Khaleej Times reported. Meanwhile, the power grid in Kuwait was disrupted by shrapnel from an air defence system, plunging parts of the country into darkness for several hours.

Here are the key developments in the past 24 hours

• A ​fuel tank ‌at Kuwait International Airport has been targeted by drones, ​sparking a ​fire. However, no ⁠casualties have been reported, ​Reuters reported, citing Kuwait’s Civil Aviation ​Authority today. Emergency services ​were ​activated promptly, with firefighting ‌teams ⁠put to acton to douse the flames.
• Bahrain’s Civil Defence extinguished a fire that engulfed a company facility following strikes launched by Iran. “Civil Defence extinguished a fire in a facility of a company as a result of the Iranian aggression. Relevant procedures were taken at the site,” Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said.
• The Kuwait army, in a post on X, said that the air defences were confronting hostile missile and drone attacks, and confirmed the explosion sounds heard were the result of air defense systems intercepting the attacks. “Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks. The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they are the result of air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks,” the army said in a post on X.

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