{"id":586466,"date":"2026-04-05T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586466\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:48:09","slug":"trump-sets-iran-48-hour-deadline-to-make-a-deal-or-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-search-continues-for-missing-us-airman-after-fighter-jet-shot-down-by-iran-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586466\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sets Iran 48-hour deadline to make a deal or reopen Strait of Hormuz; Search continues for missing US airman after fighter jet shot down by Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation\u2019s headquarters caught fire after a strike by unmanned drones in the latest Iranian attack on its Persian Gulf neighbours, Bloomberg reported on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The damaged building, which also houses the emirate\u2019s oil ministry, was evacuated, and firefighting crews were on the scene, the petrol company said in a statement. The barrage followed multiple, recent aerial assaults on the Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries, as well as repeated attacks on Kuwait\u2019s airport.<\/p>\n

\"AA fire after an Iranian drone attack in March on the airport in Kuwait City.AP<\/p>\n

The \u201coil sector leadership is closely monitoring the assessment of damages resulting from the incident, in co-ordination with the relevant authorities, while taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of personnel and secure the site,\u201d according to the corporation\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

Hours before the attack, Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency announced an updated \u201ctarget list\u201d that included electrical, water and steam infrastructure, in addition to the oil, natural gas and chemical assets that have been under fire.<\/p>\n

The list, which included Kuwait\u2019s PIC fertilizer and polymer manufacturer, was announced after an Israeli Air Force assault on Iran\u2019s Mahshahr petrochemical complex earlier in the day. Earlier today, Kuwait\u2019s government said two power and water desalination plants had been attacked by Iranian drones, leaving two power generation units out of service and resulting in \u201csignificant\u201d damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kuwait Petroleum Corporation\u2019s headquarters caught fire after a strike by unmanned drones in the latest Iranian attack on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-586466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}