Pakistan announces US-Iran talks 'in coming days'

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar made the announcement on Sunday.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.

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Mar 25, 2026, 5:37 PM EDT

US on track to 'completely eliminate' Iran's military manufacturing capacity: CENTCOM

The U.S. is on pace to "completely eliminate" Iran's military manufacturing capacity, the head of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, said in a video released Wednesday.

"Today, we have damaged or destroyed over two-thirds of Iran's missile, drone, and naval production facilities and shipyards, and we're not done yet," Cooper said in the video posted on social media. "We are on a path to completely eliminate Iran's wider military manufacturing apparatus, which is why my operational assessment continues to be Iran's combat capability is declining as U.S. combat capability continues to increase."

Cooper said that just hours ago, the U.S. hit its 10,000th Iranian target in the campaign.

"We're in the fourth week of the campaign and remain on plan or ahead of plan in achieving very clear military objectives for eliminating Iran's ability to project power in meaningful ways outside its borders," Cooper said.

The U.S. has destroyed 92% of the Iranian Navy's largest vessels in Operation Epic Fury, according to Cooper.

"My operational assessment is that they have now lost the ability to meaningfully project naval power and influence around the region and around the world," he said.

-ABC News' Chris Boccia

Mar 25, 2026, 3:56 PM EDT

Gulf countries tell Iran, proxies to immediately 'cease' attacks

Gulf countries issued another condemnation of Iran for its strikes across the region, demanding that "Iran immediately and without condition cease any aggression or threat against neighboring states, including the use of proxies," in a joint statement Wednesday.

The signatories -- Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan -- also warned that they maintain their right to self defense.

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman's Musandam governance in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.
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The states "also condemn the acts and activities that undermine the security and stability of regional states, planned by sleeper cells loyal to Iran and related terrorist organizations affiliated with Hezbollah," the countries wrote in the statement.

Mar 25, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT

Nearly 1,100 killed in Lebanon as strikes continue, Lebanese Ministry of Health says

At least 1,094 people were killed and 3,119 others were injured in Lebanon as Israeli strikes resume, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Two men walk in front of the aftermath of an IDF strike in the area of Dahiye, March 25, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Mar 25, 2026, 2:46 PM EDT

Iran threatens 'relentless' attacks if enemies try to occupy island

Iran has intelligence that its enemies, with help from a regional country, are planning to occupy an Iranian island, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a post on X.

Ghalibaf warned the unspecified regional country that if this happens, "all the vital infrastructure of that regional country will, without restriction, become the target of relentless attacks.”

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