Meloni: No US Talks on Italy Bases Amid West Asia Crisis; Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates

• Italian PM Giorgia Meloni denied US requests for military base use amid rising West Asia tensions.
• Italy plans to send defensive aid to the Gulf as conflicts widen following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation.
• The West Asia crisis escalates with missile and drone exchanges, including Iran's attacks on Israel and Israel's strikes on Hezbollah.
• A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, prompting IRGC retaliation with a strike on a US tanker in the Gulf.
• Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli called for "shedding" the blood of US President Donald Trump and Israelis on state TV.