Iran is not yet ready to hold a new round of face-to-face talks with U.S. officials, a senior Iranian official said Saturday, citing Washington's refusal to abandon “maximalist” demands on key issues.

A delegation of senior State Department representatives traveled to Cuba via a U.S. government plane last week, officials said, a diplomatic opening amid intense pressure from the Trump administration.

A French soldier who ​was part of international ‌Forces stationed in southern Lebanon was killed, ​President Emmanuel ​Macron said on Saturday, adding ⁠that evidence ​suggests Iran-backed armed group ​Hezbollah was responsible for the attack.

British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London. This is one of several recent incidents targeting Jewish and Iranian premises in the city. Police said

We start with the U.S.-Israel war with Iran — a war that President Donald Trump said would end in two to three weeks. Now, in its seventh week, the Pentagon is sending 10,000 more troops to the Middle East to pressure Iran into making a peace deal.

Ukraine attacked two Russian refineries and other key oil targets overnight into Saturday, officials said, just hours after the United States granted Moscow another waiver on the sale of its sanctioned oil.

The most senior civil servant in Britain's Foreign Office has been fired former ambassador Peter Mandelson's security vetting not being disclosed.

U.S. officials say the sanctioned individuals and firms were involved in "recruiting and deploying former Colombian military personnel to Sudan to fight on behalf of the RSF."