Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next week for talks with President Donald Trump, a US official said Monday, as Washington ramps up the pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, in his first public comments since a ceasefire with Israel was declared.

The 18-month-old boy, originally from Iran, was thrown head-first onto the concrete floor, leaving him in a coma with critical injuries.

Mostafa Sadati-Armaki, along with his wife and three children, died in the latest strikes on Tehran, Tasnim News Agency reports

The Middle East arch-rivals will end their “12-day war,” the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform

The potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions threatens to disrupt global oil supplies and spike energy prices.

President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran had a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible US air strikes, indicating he could take a decision before the fortnight deadline he set a day earlier.

Iran said on June 20 it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States considers whether to get involved in the conflict.

Iranian missiles struck key Israeli intelligence sites, including the Aman logistics center and Mossad headquarters in Herzliya. Reports suggest sensitive Unit 8200 facilities may have been severely damaged or destroyed.

Twenty-one Muslim-majority countries jointly condemned Israel’s recent military strikes on Iran, calling for an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation.

Iran's judiciary said Monday it hanged a man arrested in 2023 and convicted of being a spy for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, as fighting raged between the two foes.

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Monday that the residents of Tehran will “pay the price and soon” after Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn, killing at least eight people.