NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured stunning new images as it whipped past Earth during a high-speed slingshot maneuver, sending the probe on a fast track toward the asteroid Apophis.

Israel said the targeted Shiraz facility produced key missile-related chemical components, while new military footage showed strikes on Iranian air defense systems. The IDF hit a petrochemical compound in Shiraz on Monday, the military announced on Tuesday, stating that the facility was "one of the last remaining sites used for producing critical chemical components for explosives and other materials for developing ballistic missiles.

Slovakia has rejected a call by the EU to scrap a measure that introduced different pricing for foreign and domestic vehicles at petrol stations, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday. The government in Bratislava introduced a 30-day restriction on diesel and fuel on March 18 as oil prices had begun soaring due to the war in Iran.