Iran’s military chief warns Gulf states that facilitating US operations against Tehran would be treated as participation in the conflict, while an Iranian lawmaker says Tehran would retaliate in kind in the event of a nuclear strike.

US president previously said he would declare a strategic waterway US territory after Iran is ‘defeated’.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington lifts sanctions and blockade measures, releases frozen assets and ends military operations.

Seven people, including six tourists and a pilot, were killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed at Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya.

Afolabi Kazeem Michael was arrested at Lagos airport while trying to “flee” to Paris after authorities seized cocaine his gang was suspected of attempting to ship.

The helicopter crashed in a ragged area in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, a popular hiking destination, local media reported.