US and Iran launch new strikes as ceasefire negotiations stall

One person has been killed and more than 60 injured in Iranian drone strikes on Kuwait's international airport, local officials have said.

Kuwait's defence ministry spokesman called Wednesday's attack "criminal Iranian aggression", while the foreign ministry said diplomatic missions had been damaged.

Later on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) denied responsibility for the airport strike, claiming the damage was caused by an error from a US missile interceptor.

US Central Command (Centcom) said this was false and claimed Iran struck the airport in a "deliberate, calculated and unjustified attack".

The IRGC had earlier said it targeted US bases in the Gulf in retaliation for US strikes on an Iranian oil tanker and Qeshm Island.

The US said it had launched "self-defence" strikes on Iran, and shot down or intercepted Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain.

Iran also claimed on Wednesday it targeted a US navy ship in the Gulf of Oman, which was also denied by Centcom.

The person who was killed in the Iranian attack on Kuwait's airport was later identified as an Indian citizen.

In a statement, the Indian foreign ministry condemned the attack, saying that several other Indian nationals were injured.

"We again call upon parties to cease such attacks," the statement added.

Following the strikes, Kuwait's foreign ministry ordered two Iranian diplomats to leave the country within 24 hours, and summoned Iran's charge d'affaires.

Earlier, Centcom said that its overnight strikes on Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, were "in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East" and targeted an Iranian military ground control station.

It also said that the US shot down three attack drones that had been launched by Iran toward "civilian mariners that were rightfully transiting regional waters".

Centcom added that Iran had fired two missiles at Kuwait and three at Bahrain, all of which broke apart or were intercepted.

Iran said it had attacked US bases and helicopters in a "regional country" using missiles and drones in retaliation.

Centcom earlier said it had struck and "disabled" an unladen oil tanker that was sailing towards Iran, as part of the US naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, which began on 13 April.

A US aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the Botswana-flagged M/T vessel, after its crew "ignored repeated warnings", it said.

In Tehran, the foreign ministry said in a statement that the leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain had "direct and unmistakable responsibility" for "last night's ac