Trump to review Iranian truce proposal as Israel strikes Lebanon

Jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was in critical condition in a cardiac care unit in northwestern Iran on Sunday, two days after she was brought to hospital from prison, a foundation run by her family said.

Mohammadi's blood pressure has continued to fluctuate dangerously, and treatment has been limited to efforts to stabilise her condition through oxygen therapy, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said in a statement.

She was transferred from prison to hospital in the northwestern city of Zanjan on Friday following a "catastrophic deterioration" of her health, which the foundation said included two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.

Mohammadi, who is in her 50s, won the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison for a campaign to advance women's rights and abolish the death penalty in Iran. She suffered a suspected heart attack in late March, her family said.

"Effective treatment for Narges Mohammadi's conditions is only possible if she is transferred to her medical team in Tehran," the foundation said in its Sunday statement.

UK military’s Maritime Trade Operations center says a bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked.

Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other OPEC+ countries increased their oil production quota on Sunday in an expected move aimed at demonstrating continuity at the cartel after the shock withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates.

The seven major producers will add "188,000 barrels per day" to their total production quota for June, as part of "their collective commitment to support oil market stability," according to a statement published by OPEC+. The statement made no mention of the United Arab Emirates, which quit the body this week.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that energy prices, which are currently surging amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, should decline later this year.

“Oil prices on the other side of this conflict are going to be much lower,” Bessent said on Fox Business Network’s "Sunday Morning Futures" program.

Israeli forces killed a young Palestinian man during a military raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, amid an escalating wave of violence by the Israeli army and settlers.

Soldiers stormed Nablus on Sunday afternoon and surrounded a building in the city centre, firing live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said Nayef Firas Ziad Samaro, 26, was killed by live fire during the operation. At least four other people were wounded by gunshots, including a 12-year-old child who was shot in the shoulder, while around 40 others were treated for smoke inhalation.

The Palestinian health ministry said Samaro’s body was brought to a local hospital where his wife was in labour at the time of the raid.

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Conditions placed by Washington on Iraqi prime minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi are expected to complicate his job in forming a new cabinet amid deep internal divisions, particularly in regard to Iran-backed militias.

Zaidi’s appointment came after a months-long political deadlock where rival parties failed to agree on a new premier and amid US pressure to exclude Nouri al-Maliki, who is considered to be aligned with Iran.

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Kuwait's oil production is expected to reach 2.628 million barrels per day in June, the state news agency quoted the country's oil minister as saying on Sunday.

Seven OPEC+ countries will raise oil output targets by 188,000 barrels per day in June, the third consecutive monthly increase, OPEC+ said in a statement after an online meeting on Sunday.

The output targets are largely symbolic for now, as Gulf countries have had to curtail production while the Strait of Hormuz is shut during the Iran war.

The Syrian army has begun to integrate brigades of Kurdish soldiers into its ranks, according to a senior military official.

This comes several months after Syria's government reached an agreement with Kurdish authorities to gradually reunify the autonomous region with the rest of the country.

"Four brigades have been formed from the Syrian Democratic Forces and officially incorporated into the military structure," Sipan Hamo, deputy defence minister for the eastern region, told Kurdish news agency Hawar.

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A paramilitary drone attack hit the family home of an army-aligned commander accused of atrocities, killing nine of his relatives, two sources within the militia he leads told AFP on Sunday.

The sources said the strike, which occurred at about 22:00 local time (2000 GMT) on Saturday, hit the family house of Abu Aqla Kaykal, commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, in the village of al-Kaheli, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah state in central Sudan.

They blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war with Sudan's army since April 2023.

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he on Sunday demanded that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and give up its nuclear weapons programme in a telephone call with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.

"I emphasised that Germany supports a negotiated solution," Wadephul said in a post on X about the call. "As a close US ally, we share the same goal: Iran must completely and verifiably renounce nuclear weapons and immediately open the Strait of Hormuz, as also demanded by" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Israel’s extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake featuring a noose on it, in reference to a recent death penalty law targeting Palestinian captives.

Videos online showed the ultranationalist at the party, with Hebrew writing on the cake reading: "Congratulations Minister Ben-Gvir. Sometimes dreams come true."

Some social media users said the cake was a gift from his wife, Ayala.

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A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel ran aground on a beach in northern France, leaving two dead and 16 people injured, including three with serious burns, authorities said Sunday.

The vessel, carrying 82 people, set out overnight from Hardelot beach, a few kilometers (miles) south of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, but the engine failed and it began to drift, Christophe Marx, secretary-general of the Pas-de-Calais prefecture, told reporters.

A French maritime gendarmerie vessel rescued 17 people and brought them to Boulogne-sur-Mer, while the makeshift boat ran aground with 65 others still on board.

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Iran’s latest proposal to the United States calls for issues between the two countries to be resolved within 30 days and aims to end the war rather than extend the ceasefire, according to Iran’s state-linked media.

 Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States African Command (AFRICOM) said Sunday.

The U.S., Morocco and other countries participating in the African Lion exercise has a search and rescue operation, AFRICOM said.

“The incident remains under investigation and the search is on-going,” it said in a statement.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on Sunday pledged to spend $55 billion on new projects over the next two years, just days after the UAE officially left the OPEC oil cartel.

"ADNOC today confirmed it is accelerating growth and delivery of its strategy with AED 200 billion ($55 billion) in new project awards for 2026-2028," read a statement released by the company.

Pope Leo on Sunday marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning persistent violations of media freedom around the world and paying tribute to journalists killed while reporting from conflict zones.

Speaking at the end of his weekly Sunday prayer, in a sun-flooded Saint Peter's Square, the pontiff said the day highlighted both the importance of independent journalism and the growing threats faced by reporters.

"Today we celebrate World Press Freedom Day ... unfortunately, this right is often violated, sometimes in blatant ways, sometimes in more hidden forms," he said.

The pope urged the faithful to remember journalists and reporters who have lost their lives pursuing the truth, particularly in areas afflicted by conflicts.

"We remember the many journalists and reporters who have been victims of war and violence," the pope said.

Spain's foreign ministry called for the "immediate release" of a Spanish-Palestinian activist after Israeli court on Sunday extended his detention by two days.

"The government of Spain demands his immediate release," the ministry said in a comment sent to AFP, adding that the Spanish consul in Tel Aviv accompanied Saif Abu Keshek, who is being "illegally detained", to the hearing. A rights group at the hearing said the court extended the detention of Keshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila for two days.

A Hezbollah lawmaker said Sunday that the group would be able to "thwart" the objectives of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.

Speaking at an event to honour killed Hezbollah fighters, Hassan Fadlallah said "these negotiations with all their results do not concern us, and we will not implement them".

Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on 2 March, when it fired rockets at Israel in support of its backer Iran.

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have since killed more than 2,600 people and displaced more than a million.

"We have a free people and a steadfast resistance capable of thwarting all the objectives of these negotiations, which increase the sharp division in the country between the factions of our people and within the state itself," Fadlallah said.

Lebanon and Israel's US ambassadors have held two meetings in Washington in recent weeks, the first of their kind in decades.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that the United States faced a choice between an "impossible" military operation or a "bad deal" with the Islamic republic.

In a statement carried by state television, the Guards intelligence organisation said that "Trump must choose between 'an impossible operation or a bad deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran'".

It cited what it described as a "shift in tone" from China, Russia, and Europe towards Washington as well as what it called an Iranian "deadline" over the US naval blockade.

Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum, a local Sudanese rights group said.

The attack on Saturday morning hit a vehicle that was traveling from the White Nile province to Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence against civilians, said in a statement.

It added that the attack reflects continued targeting of civilians on public roads and in populated areas.

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The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for 11 villages in south Lebanon on Sunday and continued its airstrikes across the war-battered region, despite a truce.

Warnings were issued for towns and villages in the Nabatiyeh district, outside the security zone Israel currently occupies along the border.

The military ordered residents of Doueir, Arabsalim, Sharqiyeh, Jibchit, Baraachit, Srifa, Dounine, Braiqaa, Qaaqaaiyat al-Jisr, Qsaibeh and Kfarsir to distance themselves a thousand meters away from these areas before striking them.

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An Israeli court on Sunday approved a two-day extension to the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them told AFP.

"The court extended their detention by two days," said Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the rights group Adalah.

Israeli authorities had asked to extend their detention by four days, Azem said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, an Italian government source said Sunday, just weeks after a clash between Donald Trump and Pope Leo.

Rubio, who is a Catholic, is expected to meet Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the source told AFP.

Italian media reported that he would also meet Defence Minister Guido Crosetto during the Thursday-Friday visit.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says US decision-making space is limited and that the Trump administration must choose between an "impossible operation or a bad deal" with Iran, per semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says two people have been killed and three others injured in Israeli fire over the past day, raising the total death toll since the ceasefire came into effect on 11 October to 830 people.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would review the latest Iranian proposal to end the war in the Middle East but cast doubt on whether he would accept it.

"I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable," he wrote in a post on Truth Social.

"They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity, and the world, over the last 47 years."

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Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation will appear in court on Sunday, an Israeli rights group said.

The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy with the aim of breaking an Israeli blockade of Gaza and bringing supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory.

They were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece early on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed some 175 activists - two of whom were taken to Israel for questioning.

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avilo are due to be presented before a court in Ashkelon on Sunday.

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Iranian authorities plan to turn a bombsite at a university in central Iran into a museum about the impact of US-Israeli strikes, an official said.

"The current damaged site will be preserved as a war museum at the university to remain a document of the country's scientific oppression in history," said Zafarollah Kalantari, head of Isfahan University of Technology on Saturday.

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Lebanese media reports renewed Israeli airstrikes on Nmairiyeh in the country's Nabatiyeh Governorate.

Iran executed a man convicted of involvement in the killing of a security officer, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan reported on Sunday, after the Supreme Court upheld his sentence in late 2025.

The defendant, identified as Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, was described as one of the main individuals responsible for the death of security officer Abbas Fatemiyeh, killed in 2022 during a nationwide protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody.

Mizan said the defendant confessed to assaulting the security officer. Rights group HRANA quoted an informed source as saying Abdollahzadeh was subject to torture to extract forced confessions.

Israel gave final approval for a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15Ia aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a deal worth tens of billions shekels, the defence ministry said on Sunday.