The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia on Saturday conducted consular and attestation services across different cities in Saudi Arabia, a post on X said.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that attacks against Iran will “increase significantly” in the coming week.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi has said that Israel persuaded the United States to go to war with Iran, describing the ongoing conflict as a “grave miscalculation” and a “catastrophe”, according to a report by The Guardian.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced a detailed assessment scheme for Class 10 exams in the Middle East region which were cancelled amid escalating West Asia conflict, according to officials.

An Indian national was killed in Saudi Arabia due to the “recent events of March 18”, the Indian Embassy announced on Friday.

Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours' energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze as it struck back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Mideast war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.

Saudi Arabia said a drone hit the country's SAMREF refinery in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea on Thursday.

Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian has warned that attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure could lead to “uncontrollable consequences” affecting the entire world.