- Kuwait drone attack -

The Kuwaiti military said a drone attack at dawn had been repelled.

"At dawn today, the armed forces detected a number of hostile drones in Kuwaiti airspace, which were dealt with in accordance with established procedures," the general staff of the army said on X, without specifying the origin of the drones.

- Ship hit off Qatar -

Qatar's defence ministry said a drone targeted a commercial vessel arriving in the country's waters from Abu Dhabi, sparking a small fire but causing no injuries.

"A commercial cargo vessel in the country's territorial waters -- northeast of Mesaieed Port -- coming from Abu Dhabi, was targeted by a drone on Sunday morning. The incident resulted in a limited fire on board the vessel, with no reported injuries," the ministry said on X.

- Iran threatens US sites -

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened to target US sites in the Middle East and "enemy ships" if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported.

"Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships," it said, a day after US attacks against two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

- Rubio meets Qatari leader -

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the leader of ally Qatar and discussed the importance of "security across the Middle East", the State Department said.

"The Secretary expressed appreciation for Qatar's partnership on a range of issues," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement on the meeting between Rubio and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also Qatar's foreign minister.

- Hezbollah says targeted Israeli troops -

Hezbollah said it had targeted troops in northern Israel with a drone in response to repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon despite an ongoing truce.

It also announced attacks on Israeli military targets inside Lebanon using rockets and drones.

An Israeli military statement reported "several" explosive drone launches by Hezbollah into Israeli territory, saying one army reservist had been severely wounded.

- Deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon -

Lebanese officials reported nine people killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon Saturday, with more raids targeting a highway south of Beirut outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds and far from the centre of ongoing fighting.

Lebanese official media reported a new Israeli strike outside Beirut, moments after two strikes on a highway linking the capital to the country's south.

- Iran keeps US waiting -

Iran questioned the seriousness of US diplomacy after naval clashes in the Gulf, and kept Washington waiting on its response to the latest American proposal for a deal to extend the truce and launch peace talks.