US-Iran war news Highlights: Trump says US military 'locked and loaded' on Iran as talks extend

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Air defence systems in Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles from Yemen on Saturday targeting oil refineries in Yanbu, Greek security sources told Reuters, a day after US forces launched fresh air strikes on Iran.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern and was "deeply alarmed" over the resumption of attacks by Yemen's Houthi group on commercial vessels in the Red Sea and has warned that such actions could further escalate regional tensions and draw Yemen deeper into a wider conflict.

Iran's Ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali on Saturday said Tehran's swift response in rescuing all crew members, including 28 Indian nationals, after a Mozambican-flagged LPG tanker was attacked near Iranian territorial waters reflected the Islamic Republic's commitment to protecting the lives and safety of seafarers irrespective of their nationality.

The European Union says it is “deeply concerned” by the escalation of violence in the occupied West Bank, urging all parties to avoid inflammatory rhetoric and help de-escalate tensions.

Israeli forces continued to storm areas in the occupied West Bank this morning, including the city of Tubas and the al-Far’a camp to its south.

Israeli forces have raided some 70 homes and arrested around 50 Palestinians in the town of Tal, southwest of Nablus, our colleagues on the ground report.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile strike on Saudi Arabia on Saturday, hours after vowing to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks as the Middle East war expanded.

President Donald Trump said Friday the US was “locked and loaded” for major new strikes on Iran, but added he had not yet made a decision on whether to go ahead with them while the two sides were in talks.

India’s embassy in Tehran said it is in close contact with authorities after a liquefied petroleum gas tanker, with 28 Indian crew members onboard, came under attack in Iranian territorial waters on Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met the foreign ministers of India, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Kyrgyzstan on Friday.

The Saudi Civil Defense Directorate issued alerts of “potential danger” in the Jazan and Yanbu governorates, Al Jazeera reported.

The Directorate of Saudi Civil Defense has said that the danger has now passed in Yanbu Governorate.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the US next week.

His comments came in his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Friday.

US President Donald Trump has increasingly flashed frustration with the war in Iran, as the conflict that his team once predicted would end in a matter of weeks stretches into its fifth month and fighting intensifies.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed that Tehran will refuse to cave to American pressure or intimidation, asserting that the country will not submit to coercion or force.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they accused the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region.

As conflict flares, Saudi Arabia struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday, with media reporting two injured after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade of the kingdom and hit its ships. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis traded fire recently for the first time in years, threatening a 2022 truce that has held despite expiring. The Saudi-led coalition said it hit Houthi sites and destroyed targets threatening commercial vessels in response to attacks on Red Sea shipping.

US missiles on Friday struck targets across Iran as US President Donald Trump vowed "major military punishment" for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, though he once again left open the door to a diplomatic deal with Iran. Nearly two weeks after the interim ceasefire, meant to end the war, collapsed, the Iranian armed forces retaliated by firing at US bases in neighbouring Arab countries and warning people that they could also strike non-military buildings used by US personnel.

The US and the UK are reportedly planning a high-level meeting in London next week to establish an international coalition to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Axios reported the development, adding that the meeting could gather defence ministers and military leaders from Western and Middle Eastern nations, including US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine.