Over the weekend, 2,500 Marines arrived in the Middle East

Domestic production of urea has been impacted, making the current situation “very vulnerable”, an Indian government official said yesterday as the Israel-Iran war entered its 31st day, even as the government steps up efforts to secure supplies ahead of key agricultural months.

US President Donald Trump brushed aside concerns about surging fuel prices yesterday and threatened to destroy Iran’s oil wells, power plants and main export terminal if Tehran does not quickly accept a peace deal.

A statement carried by the Guards' Sepah News website said Tangsiri "succumbed to severe injuries" from the attack

"I think we'll make a deal with them, I'm pretty sure, but it's possible we won't," Trump told reporters on Sunday evening as he traveled aboard Air Force One to Washington.

Pakistan said on Sunday it was preparing to host "meaningful talks" to end the conflict over Iran in coming days

Iran launched strikes on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, meanwhile after Iranian electrical facilities came under attack, cutting power to parts of Tehran and surrounding areas

IAEA said that Iran's heavy water production plant in Khondab was no longer operational after an Israeli military strike

US President Donald Trump said he wanted to “take the oil” in Iran, possibly seizing the export hub of Kharg Island, the Financial Times reported

US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday that he could take Iran's Kharg Island "very easily."

Gulf Arab states are telling the US that any deal with Tehran should do more than end the war, and must permanently curb Iran’s missile and drone capabilities and ensure global energy supplies are never again “weaponised”, four Gulf sources said.

The plans could ⁠involve raids by Special ​Operations and conventional infantry ​troops, Washington Post reports

Tehran vows retaliation as Gulf industry is hit; regional talks in Islamabad aim to de-escalate escalating war and global energy disruption

Pakistan relays messages between Washington and Tehran amid ongoing conflict

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 diplomats were due to attend talks Sunday and Monday "on a range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region", the Pakistan foreign ministry said.

Here are facts and figures about how maritime insurance works -- and the impact from the war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which has virtually cut off shipping in the strait.

The UAE defence ministry said Sunday its air defence system was actively responding to missiles and drones, as Iran pressed strikes in the Gulf a month into the regional war

Whether President Donald Trump would approve any of those plans remains uncertain, according to the Post

Several US universities have campuses scattered throughout the Gulf region, such as Texas A&M University in Qatar and New York University in the United Arab Emirates