US Israel Iran War LIVE Updates: Trump Says Wants To Take Iran’s Oil

Asian shares mostly dipped in Monday (March 30, 2026) morning trading as worries continued about soaring oil prices and the potential for further escalation in the US war with Iran.

The drops in Asia follow the deep declines on Wall Street last Friday (March 27) that finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

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Israeli authorities say they intercepted two drones over the strategically important port city of Eilat in the south and claimed that they had come from Yemen.

Now, ever since the Houthis entered this conflict a couple of days ago, the Israeli military, and especially their air defences, have known they have now engaged on a third front, and have been looking southwards to see what has been coming from Yemen.

Indonesia’s foreign ministry has confirmed that all four of the victims were its nationals. It said the death and injuries happened due to “indirect artillery fire in the vicinity of the Indonesian UNIFIL contingent’s position near Adchit Al Qusayr”.

The ministry strongly condemned the incident and called for a thorough and transparent investigation.

“We are profoundly saddened by this loss,” it said. “The safety and security of UN peacekeepers must be fully respected at all times, in accordance with international law. Any harm to peacekeepers is unacceptable and undermines collective efforts to maintain peace and stability.”

UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel – an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Petron Corp, the Philippines’ sole oil refinery, has secured nearly 2.5 million barrels of crude from Russia, out of “extreme necessity”, according to the AFP news agency.

In a report to the Philippine stock exchange, Petron said it had agreed to purchase Russian crude after seeing at least four million barrels in shipments cancelled since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The purchase came after the US eased sanctions on Russian oil tied to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

“The purchases were undertaken strictly out of extreme necessity as an extraordinary emergency measure in response to unprecedented geopolitical and supply-chain disruptions and only after exhausting all commercially and operationally viable alternatives,” Petron said. “A refinery shutdown for failure to secure crude would lead to serious nationwide fuel shortages and sharp price spikes,” said the company, whose refinery accounts for about 30 percent of the country’s fuel needs.

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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday said that the US-Israel war had achieved regime change in Iran, even as he assured that he would “make a deal” with the Iranians.

“I think we’ll make a deal with them, pretty sure... but we’ve had regime change,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, citing the number of Iranian leaders killed in the month-long war.

“We’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before. It’s a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change,” Trump said.

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US President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed to allow 20 ships carrying oil through the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday (March 30, 2026) morning and continuing over the next few days “out of a sign of respect.”

“I would only say that we’re doing extremely well in that negotiation but you never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up,” Trump told reporters on Sunday (March 29) night board Air Force One as he flew to Washington

A tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia has arrived at an oil refinery in Japan, according to the NHK national broadcaster, as the ongoing US-Israel attack on Iran continues to raise concerns about crude oil supplies.

The tanker was carrying about 100,000,000 litres of crude oil, and arrived at a petroleum wholesaler’s refinery in Ehime Prefecture’s Imabari City on Sunday, the report said.

The oil was transported along a route that bypassed the Strait of Hormuz

The US president was also asked about an Iranian plan to charge toll fees through the Strait of Hormuz.

He said “I’d have to find out if that is true” but the US could shut that operation down vert fast.

“We could close that up in two minutes. We could close that up so fast, your head would spin,” he said.

Trump said Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain are fighting back against Iran.

“There was surprised to be hit. I was very surprised they got hit. And once they got hit, they started fighting very well. [We have] very strong communications, but all of those kind of people said, they’ve all been fighting,” he added.