- Pakistan to host talks -

Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will meet in Islamabad for talks on the war in the Middle East.

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had invited his counterparts who would be in the Pakistani capital on Sunday and Monday, the government said.

- Kuwait airport badly damaged -

The radar system at Kuwait's international airport was heavily damaged in a drone attack, Kuwaiti authorities said.

The attack on the tiny Gulf country caused no casualties, a civil aviation spokesperson told Kuwait's official news agency

- Houthis attack Israel -

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed their first strike on Israel after the group threatened to join the regional war if Tehran continued to be attacked or if more countries joined the conflict.

- Thailand-Iran deal on Hormuz strait -

Thailand has reached an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, its prime minister said.

"An agreement has been reached to allow Thai oil tankers to transit safely through the Strait of Hormuz," Anutin Charnvirakul told a press conference, adding the development would alleviate concerns over fuel imports.

- Five injured in UAE -

UAE authorities said fires broke out at an industrial zone following a missile and drone attack from Iran, leaving five people with injuries.

The United Arab Emirates' defence ministry said air defences were responding to incoming cruise missiles and drones fired by Iran.

- Israel strikes Lebanon -

Israel carried out dawn airstrikes on several towns in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel and Hezbollah said they continued to target each other's forces.

- Ukraine,UAE defence agreement -

Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to cooperate on defence amid Iran's drone strikes across the region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Zelensky said on social media he had met with Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the two leaders "agreed to cooperate in the field of security and defense. Our teams will finalise the details."

- Blast near Erbil airport -

An explosion was heard near the international airport of Erbil, a city in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist reported and a witness said they saw smoke.

Erbil is home to a major US consulate complex, while its airport houses military advisors attached to a US-led international anti-jihadist coalition. Regular drone attacks by pro-Iran armed groups are usually intercepted by air defences.

- Iran plant near Bushehr targeted -

A strike hit near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant late Friday but caused no radiation leak or damage to the reactor, the UN atomic watchdog said.

The incident was the third in a series of reported strikes in Iran within the past 10 days, the IAEA said.

The Israeli military had said earlier it had struck a heavy water reactor and a uranium processing plant in central Iran, but did not mention Bushehr.

- Israel hits Tehran -

Israel's military said it launched strikes on Iranian "regime targets", as an AFP journalist in the capital Tehran reported hearing around 10 intense blasts and seeing a plume of black smoke.

- US soldiers wounded in Saudi -

An Iranian attack on a base in Saudi Arabia has wounded at least 12 American soldiers, two of them seriously, US media reported Friday.

The attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base included at least one missile and several drones, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified officials.

More than 300 American troops have been wounded since the start of the war on February 28, according to the US Central Command.

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