Mojtaba Khamenei chosen as Iran's next supreme leader, Iranian state media reports

A series of loud explosions were heard in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, with the Defense Ministry saying in a statement that the country had been subjected to "a missile attack."

Qatari officials said Iran launched 14 ballistic missiles and four drones into Qatar around 11:51 a.m. local time. Thirteen missiles were intercepted, while one missile fell into the water, the Qataris said, and all four drones were intercepted. No injuries were reported.

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The process of selecting Iran's next supreme leader is entering the final stages, a member of the Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Mohsen Qomi, told Mehr News, Iran's semiofficial news agency.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Thursday that a Bahamas-flagged tanker was hit by an explosion in the northern Persian Gulf late on Wednesday.

The explosion occurred while the vessel was empty and at anchor around 30 nautical miles southeast of the Kuwaiti coast, the UKMTO said.

"The Master" of the tanker reported "a large explosion on the port side then seeing a small craft leave the vicinity," the UKMTO said.

Iranian state media on Thursday carried a claim by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' public relations office that IRGC naval forces attacked an oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.

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The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry said in a post to X that one Iranian missile and six drones landed inside the country during attacks on Thursday.

The ministry said six ballistic missiles and 125 drones were intercepted during the latest wave of Iranian attacks.

Since Saturday, the UAE has reported three deaths and 94 injuries related to Iranian attacks.