Iran’s military has vowed to respond after a US destroyer on Sunday fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to evade a US naval blockade.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the ongoing 10-day truce with Israel cannot be one-sided, vowing that his fighters would respond to Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Trump said there would be “some information” about Iran later in the day, adding: “We’re taking a tough stand.”

Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Saturday “I have no regrets” about symbolically handing over her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump back in January.

A statement said to have been issued by Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned Saturday that Tehran’s navy was ready to defeat US forces, as the foes sparred over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s state-run Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said on Saturday that the war with the United States and Israel had killed more than 3,400 people in the Islamic republic.

Tensions between Turkey and Israel have steadily escalated since the Gaza war erupted following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, cross‑border attack in Israel.

“Iran’s enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV.

Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned that the AI boom could fuel “conflict, fear and violence” while on a trip to Cameroon marked by his ongoing spat with US President Donald Trump.

“But we had to do that, because otherwise, bad things could happen, the really bad thing,” he continued, referencing Iran’s apparent nuclear potential.