Iran launched retaliatory strikes, which saw air sirens wail across the Tel Aviv region on Friday night as smoke rose above the Israeli capital.

A major nuclear attack would kill up to 250 million Americans, roughly 75% of the country’s population. While Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, their allies Russia and China do. And President Donald Trump has suggested that Iran brought the Israeli attacks upon itself by failing to restrict its nuclear weapons program.

The latest data and maps on the conflict

The map is based on a hypothetical strike that targets nuclear silo sites in Montana, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

Israel’s leader and President Trump appeared to bet they can persevere, but other world leaders warned of unintended outcomes in a volatile region.

Travellers are now looking at the map of the Mediterranean with concern over whether it is safe to travel to Cyprus.

In a first, the Israel Defense Forces has apologised for posting an incorrect map of India - which "fails to precisely depict borders", i.e., the image wrongly showed Jammu and Kashmir as belonging to Pakistan.

Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s vows of reprisals have brought the two Middle East adversaries closer to an all-out war, which also threatens to draw in the United States, at least to