Trump says U.S. could take Iran's Kharg Island

U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants to take the oil in Iran and could seize Kharg Island, the country's oil export hub.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said, "to be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran."

Tehran comes under fresh U.S.-Israeli attacks; power outage reported in some districts

Several areas in the Iranian capital Tehran and the neighboring Alborz province came under U.S. and Israeli attacks on Sunday night, which led to blackouts in a number of neighborhoods, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

In Tehran, the strikes targeted five districts of the city and hit some residential units, the report added.

According to Fars, the power outage in parts of Tehran and Alborz was due to the bombs' shrapnel that damaged electricity facilities and installations, including a high-voltage transmission tower in Alborz and a substation in Tehran.

Fars later reported that electricity supply in all affected areas has been resumed and is stable.

All U.S., Israeli universities in West Asia are "legitimate targets" after strikes on Iranian universities: IRGC

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned Sunday that it now considers all Israeli and U.S. universities in West Asia "legitimate targets," following attacks on Iranian universities.

The IRGC issued the warning on its official news outlet Sepah News, responding to the attacks on the University of Science and Technology in Tehran on Saturday and on the Isfahan University of Technology in central city of Isfahan on Thursday.

It said all Israeli and U.S. universities will remain legitimate targets until Iran strikes two of them in retaliation.

The IRGC warned staff, students and residents near the universities to stay at least 1 km away to avoid being harmed.

It demanded Washington issue an official condemnation of the attacks on Iranian universities by 12:00 p.m. local time Monday (0830 GMT) if it wants its regional universities spared.

In a post on social media platform X on Saturday night, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the "Isfahan University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology in Tehran are just two among many universities and research centers deliberately attacked by the aggressors during the past 30 days of their illegal war on the Iranian nation."

Quadrilateral FMs meeting backs Pakistan's initiative to host U.S.-Iran talks

Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Trkiye and Egypt here on Sunday expressed full support for Pakistan's initiative to host peace talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad.

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said in a televised message that participants agreed that dialogue and diplomacy remain the only viable path to achieving lasting peace and emphasized the need to prevent further military escalation in the Middle East.

Dar said he had briefed the visiting foreign ministers on the prospects of potential talks between the United States and Iran, noting that both sides have expressed confidence in Pakistan's role as a facilitator.

Dar said that the meeting also decided to establish a committee comprising senior officials from the four foreign ministries to enhance coordination and explore avenues for deeper cooperation among the participating countries.

Death toll in Lebanon reaches 1,238 since start of Israeli attacks

A total of 49 people were killed and 116 injured on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 1,238 and the number of wounded to 3,543 since the escalation of hostilities on March 2, Lebanon's Disaster Risk Management Unit at the prime minister's office said.

In its daily report on Sunday, the unit said the number of hostile incidents recorded so far has reached 4,401, with 663 shelters across the country housing 136,147 displaced people and 35,170 families.

It is continuing to monitor the humanitarian situation and coordinate with relevant agencies as displacement and casualty figures keep rising, the unit said.

Israeli warplanes continued airstrikes on several areas in southern Lebanon. The Israeli army issued a warning threatening to target the Dahieh area and urging residents to evacuate Beirut's southern suburbs.

Israeli PM orders expansion of Lebanon "buffer zone"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the military on Sunday to widen what Israel refers to as a "security buffer zone" in southern Lebanon, as Israeli forces expanded their ground offensive.

"We are determined to change the situation in the north fundamentally," Netanyahu said in a video statement from the Northern Command base near the Lebanese border.

Israel uses the term to describe an area seized by its troops inside Lebanese territory, a designation not recognized internationally or by Lebanon.

Millions protest U.S. immigration policies, war with Iran in 3rd wave of "No Kings" nationwide rallies

Millions of Americans took to the streets Saturday in the third wave of "No Kings" rallies across the United States, protesting policies of the U.S. administration, ranging from military action in Iran to controversial immigration enforcement.

Over 3,100 demonstrations were planned nationwide and staged in major U.S. cities such as Washington D.C., New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. U.S. media reports projected the protests involved some 900,000 people, making it the largest single-day protest event on record.

"No Kings" organizers said that the previous two rounds of peaceful rallies drew more than 5 million people in June and 7 million in October 2025.

Maduro says he and wife "well, firm" in first message since capture

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday in a social media post that he and his wife, Cilia Flores, are "well, firm and calm," two days after a court hearing in New York.

In a first-person message posted on his official Telegram and X accounts, Maduro and Flores said that "now more than ever," it is necessary to "continue consolidating the country's peace, national unity, reconciliation, forgiveness and reunification among all."