US Israel Iran War LIVE Updates: Regional powers plan to meet Sunday in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East as about 2,500 US Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war.
Pakistan said Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will send top diplomats to Islamabad for talks. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held "extensive discussions" on regional hostilities.
The war has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertilizer shortages and disrupted air travel. Iran's grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets and prices.
The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. More than 3,000 people have been killed.
The Houthis' entry could further hurt global shipping if they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea, through which about 12% of the world's trade typically passes.
Here Are The US Israel Iran War LIVE Updates:
Iran War LIVE: Yemen's Houthis Join Iran War. What Comes Next For The Middle East
A new actor has stepped into a war already being waged on multiple fronts: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who launched their first missile in months at Israel on Saturday.
After the Middle East war broke out, the Houthis had voiced support for their ally in the face of a US-Israeli offensive, refraining from taking part while warning they had their fingers "on the trigger".
Iran War LIVE: US, Israeli Strikes Hit Iran Port City Near Hormuz Strait
US-Israeli strikes on Sunday hit a quay at an Iranian port city near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing five people, Iranian state media reported.
"The American-Zionist enemy carried out a criminal attack at the quay of Bandar Khamir, killing five people and injuring four others," the official IRNA news agency reported.
(AFP)
Iran War LIVE: Anti-War Protests In Israel
Hundreds gathered in Tel Aviv and some other Israeli cities on Saturday to protest the Middle East war, in unauthorised demonstrations that security forces sought to disperse.
Numbers attending weekly protests against the war appear to be rising, though they are far from the tens of thousands who filled the streets last year to protest the conflict against Hamas in Gaza.
(AFP)
Iran War LIVE: Taiwan To Freeze LPG Prices In April
Taiwan said it is freezing prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in April.
"Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices will remain unchanged in April, and key feedstocks such as ethylene and propylene will be prioritised for domestic downstream industries," a statement from Taiwan's cabinet said.
(AFP)
Iran War LIVE: US Prepares For Weeks Of Ground Operations In Iran
Iran War LIVE: Iran Claims Strike On American E-3 Sentry
Iran War LIVE: "We Are Going To Be Out Of Iran Soon": JD Vance
Iran War LIVE: Iran Guards Say Struck Bahrain, UAE Aluminium Plants
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they launched missile and drone strikes on aluminium plants in Bahrain and the UAE over the weekend, targeting what they described as industries linked to the US military.
In a statement carried by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, the Guards said they hit an aluminium facility in the UAE and Aluminium Bahrain's main plant, calling both sites "industries affiliated with and connected to the US military and aerospace sectors in the region".
The IRGC said the strikes were retaliation for a US-Israeli attack on Iranian industrial infrastructure launched from bases in Gulf states.
Aluminium Bahrain, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, said two employees were wounded in an Iranian strike targeting its facility on Saturday. The company, also known as Alba, said the workers suffered minor injuries.
(AFP)
