Pakistan announces US-Iran talks 'in coming days'

France's army chief criticized the U.S., saying the U.S. acts without informing France despite the relationship remaining "very strong" between the allies.

After the U.S. launched its war against Iran, “We acted immediately, surprised by an American ally who remains an ally but who is becoming increasingly unpredictable and doesn't even bother to inform us when they decide to launch military operations. It has an impact on our security, it has an impact on our interests," French Armed Forces Chief Fabien Mandon said Tuesday at a security and defense forum in Paris.

One person is dead and two others were injured in northern Israel after Hezbollah fired more missiles, according to Israel's emergency medical service.

At least 21 people have been killed in Israel since the start of the war.

Hezbollah said it would fight any Israeli move to occupy southern Lebanon, saying "it has always sought to occupy the south of Litani area and annex it," Hezbollah's lawyer, Hassan Fadlallah, said in a statement Tuesday.

"Now, we are facing Israeli aggression. We are in a defensive situation. The resistance fighters are battling in that area to prevent Israel from achieving this objective. This poses an existential threat to Lebanon as a state and to its geographically defined borders recognized internationally. Therefore, we have no choice but to confront this aggression and cling to the land," Fadlallah said.

Pakistan is ready to "facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks" to end the conflict in the Middle East, "subject to" an agreement from the U.S. and Iran to hold discussions, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X Tuesday.

"Subject to concurrence by the US and Iran, Pakistan stands ready and honoured to be the host to facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks for a comprehensive settlement of the ongoing conflict," Sharif said. 

President Donald Trump later reposted the prime minister's post on his Truth Social account.