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Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes killed or wounded dozens of civilians
Pakistani strikes in eastern Afghanistan have killed or wounded dozens of civilians, Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday.
The airstrikes hit Paktika, Paktia and Kunar provinces, Mujahid said, condemning the Pakistani military actions as a “cowardly act of aggression” in a post on X.
Pakistan says airstrikes in Afghanistan killed 25 militants
Pakistan carried out airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan overnight targeting militants in response to deadly attacks, the Pakistani information minister said on Monday.
“Three targets in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar were destroyed during precision strikes,” information minister Attaullah Tarar said in a statement, referring to three eastern Afghanistan provinces and adding the strikes killed 25 militants.
Pakistan says it carried out new strikes on Afghanistan, targeting militants
US and Iran to stand down on strikes with technical talks set to continue
The US and Iran will stand down on strikes and vessels will be allowed to move freely, as technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the memorandum of understanding, a US official said on Sunday.
“Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely,” the official said.
Hezbollah reserves right to self-defence after Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon
Hezbollah on Monday said it reserved the right to self-defence after several Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon despite a truce between the two sides and a US–Israel–Lebanon framework to end hostilities.
In a statement, the group said that it “reiterates that what the enemy has done is a blatant violation of the ceasefire to which it has adhered until now, and that it is monitoring and tracking these violations, and reserves its right to defend its homeland and its people”.
Oil rises as US – Iran strikes renew fears over Hormuz shipping
Oil prices rose on Monday following days of tit-for-tat strikes by the US and Iran in the Middle East that underscored the fragility of their interim peace deal and again slowed energy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Brent crude futures climbed 50 cents, or 0.69%, to $72.49 a barrel by 2204 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $69.96 a barrel, up 73 cents, or 1.05%.
Hezbollah-allied Lebanese parliament head says US-Israel-Lebanon deal 'will not pass'
Lebanese Parliament Speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri said early Monday that the trilateral framework agreement between Lebanon, Israel and the United States would not pass as it did not guarantee Lebanon’s rights.
“This agreement will not pass, and it will not be implemented in its current form,” Berri said in a statement shared by his party, the Amal movement, adding that it was “an agreement of ‘dictates’, not an agreement that preserves Lebanon’s rights”.
The deal paves the way for Lebanese–Israeli peace and conditions Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon on Hezbollah’s disarmament.
Pakistan says 29 militants killed in border operation with Afghanistan
Pakistan's security forces carried out an intelligence-based ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Sunday, followed by "calibrated strikes" on militant hideouts, killing 29 fighters, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing officials.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on social media platform X the action was launched in response to multiple militant attacks across the country, the report said.
Putin says expecting negotiators from Washington once US less busy with Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he was expecting a team of US negotiators to come to Moscow once Washington had reached an agreement with Iran over the Middle East conflict.
"We are ready to continue negotiations and discuss all the details," Putin said in an interview published by the Kremlin.
US and Iran agree to halt attacks, hold talks in Doha this week, Axios reports
The United States and Iran agreed to stop strikes against each other, a senior US official said, according to a report by Axios on Sunday.
The two sides will meet on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar's capital, Axios said, to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a key corridor for oil shipments from the region.
Israel destroys Hezbollah underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has destroyed the underground infrastructure used by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the Israeli prime minister and defence minister on Sunday.
The US was informed ahead of the attack, which targeted a 200-metre-long tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun, according to the statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz.
Iran cancelled participation in technical talks over recent attacks, official tells state TV
Iran did not take part in technical talks slated for Sunday due to recent attacks on the country and unfulfilled conditions of the MoU with the United States, a member of the Office of Preservation and Publication of the Works of Iran’s Supreme Leader told state TV on Sunday.
"For example, one of the reasons is checking if we have access to the unfrozen funds, if there is no access, then this condition has not been fulfilled," Mehdi Fazaeili said.
Israeli attacks wound two in Lebanon
Israel's attacks on Lebanon wounded at least two people on Sunday. The strikes come a day after one person was killed in an Israeli strike in the south, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah members near its self-proclaimed "security zone", which reaches 10 kilometres into Lebanon.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported several strikes on Sunday.
In a statement, the Lebanese health ministry said that two people were wounded by "a stun grenade thrown by the Israeli enemy at the town of Burj Qalawayh" in southern Lebanon.
Tehran-Dubai flights to resume Monday: Iranian media
Flights between Tehran and Dubai are to resume on Monday, Iranian state media reported, just weeks after Iran hit targets in the UAE with drones and missiles during the Middle East war.
Iranian state TV and other media quoted Ramin Kashefazar, the head of Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport, as saying that "the necessary arrangements have been made to reopen the Tehran-Dubai route at Imam Khomeini Airport".
Tickets were available on the website of Iranian airline Sepehran for Monday's 10:40am (00:730 GMT) flight to Dubai.
Dubai airport was repeatedly targeted by drones during the Middle East war, forcing it to suspend flights at times.
Video footage of one strike early in the war showed a drone crashing to the ground close to the passenger concourse.
Iran retaliated against US-Israeli attacks with missile and drone launches across the Gulf, but said it had targeted US interests and not civilian infrastructure.
Before the war, Dubai airport was the world's busiest for international passengers, although numbers sank 66 percent year-on-year during the conflict.
The war has been halted by a ceasefire since April, despite regular exchanges of fire, while the United States and Iran are currently partway through a 60-day period to negotiate a lasting peace deal.
Qatar says citizen killed from shrapnel due to 'military operations'
Qatar's interior ministry said on Sunday that a Qatari national was killed after sustaining injuries from shrapnel due to "military operations in the area" after a vessel carrying him and another person went missing.
The ministry said the second individual was injured, adding that it located the missing vessel in the early hours of Sunday after search operations that started a day earlier.
It did not give the location of the incident and did not say whether the shrapnel was linked to Iranian drones launched against US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday.
Tehran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after US attacks
The ceasefire between Iran and the United States appeared increasingly fragile on Sunday, following a new exchange of strikes.
In the latest escalation, Tehran launched missiles and drones at Bahrain and Kuwait, both of which host US military bases, just hours after Washington struck multiple targets across Iran.
The renewed violence comes amid rising tensions over efforts to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route.
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Iran warns challenge to Hormuz routes will spike Middle East tensions
Iran's top diplomat warned Sunday that any attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz routes agreed with the United States would "increase tensions" in the Middle East, as the countries traded attacks and accusations of violating a fragile truce.
"Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
"I urge all parties ... to adhere to the memorandum of understanding and not to allow this MoU to deviate from its course."
Saudi Aramco helicopter crash kills 14 nationals, state news agency says
A helicopter belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco crashed on Sunday in Ras Tanura on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast on the Gulf, west of the Strait of Hormuz, killing 14 nationals, the state news agency reported, adding that the cause was unknown.
Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted for nearly four months.
"The relevant authorities have launched a full investigation to determine the cause of the crash," the state news agency added.
Aramco did not respond immediately to an emailed request for comment.
The incident took place at 6 am local time (03:00 GMT), the state agency said, without providing further details.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has joined a rush to move cargoes after Middle East producers ramped up oil and gas output and exports ahead of an interim deal to halt the war between the United States and Iran.
New US-Iran exchange of attacks threatens ceasefire
Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday launched attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US air strikes on 10 Iranian sites. The Islamic Republic threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks. Efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's direct oversight sparked the crossfire now gripping the region. France 24 correspondent Reza Sayah tells the latest from Tehran.
Yesterday's key events:
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Israel's defence minister said on Saturday that Israeli forces had been instructed to prepare for an "extended stay" in Lebanon.
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Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa killed at least one person and wounded two more.
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A maritime body overseen by the US Navy said Saturday that a route through the Strait of Hormuz near Oman’s shores is expanding to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and REUTERS)
