- 7th American killed -

The US military announced its seventh combat death since the war began, after a service member succumbed to injuries from an attack in Saudi Arabia during Iran's initial wave of retaliatory strikes.

The six others were killed in a drone strike on their base in Kuwait.

- Macron speaks with Iran president -

French President Emmanuel Macron said he spoke with Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian and urged a halt to strikes on other countries in the region.

It is the first known contact by a Western leader with Pezeshkian since the war began.

- Iran commanders killed -

Israel said five people were killed in a strike on a Beirut hotel, including three Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders.

- War could last -

Israel's military chief warned that the country's state of emergency could last "much longer".

- Anti-war women's demos -

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the world to mark International Women's Day and denounce the war in the Middle East.

- Iran threatens oil strikes -

Iran warned it would target oil sites in the region if Israel continued to strike its energy infrastructure.

"If you can tolerate oil at more than $200 per barrel, continue this game," Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for Iran's central military command, told state TV.

- Lebanese displaced -

Lebanon's social affairs minister Haneen Sayed said more than half a million people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah.

- Dead, wounded in Saudi -

Saudi Arabian civil defence officials said a "projectile" had killed two people and wounded 12.

Its defence ministry reported intercepting 15 drones, including an attempted attack in the diplomatic quarter of the capital Riyadh.

- Trump threatens next Iran leader -

US President Donald Trump told ABC News that Iran's next leader would need Washington's approval if they wanted to last.

"If he doesn't get approval from us he's not going to last long."

- Iran eyes successor -

Members of Iran's Assembly of Experts said they had met and chosen a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israel's military has vowed to target "any successor and anyone seeking to appoint one".

- Starmer and Trump talk -

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump held a call on Sunday about the war in the Middle East, said a UK government statement.

Trump had insulted Starmer over his initial refusal to have any role in the war.

- Tehran hit -

Several blasts were heard in various parts of the Iranian capital, AFP journalists said.

It was not immediately clear what was targeted, with clouds of smoke still shrouding the skyline after overnight strikes on oil depots in and around Tehran.

- Palestinian camp hit -

Israel struck a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported.

The National News Agency said "enemy warplanes launched two raids on the Ain al-Hilweh camp in Sidon".

- Iran defiant -

Iran's foreign minister said the Iranian people, not the US president, would elect their new leader. "We will allow nobody to interfere in our domestic affairs," Abbas Araghchi told NBC.

US President Donald Trump should apologise to the people of Iran and the region for the "killings and destruction", he added.

- 'Reckless' attacks -

The head of the Arab League said Iran's attacks on several member states were "reckless", urging Tehran to reverse what he called a "massive strategic mistake".

- Israeli casualties -

Israel's military said two of its soldiers had been killed fighting in southern Lebanon -- the first Israeli troops to have died since fighting flared with Iran's Lebanese proxy Hezbollah.

Six people were wounded, some by shrapnel, at blast sites in central Israel, first responders said.

- Abu Dhabi blasts -

Witnesses told AFP of hearing fresh explosions in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

- Lebanon toll climbs -

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 394 people in the past week, including 83 children and 42 women, the country's health minister said.

He said nine rescue workers were among those killed, condemning attacks on medical teams and ambulances.

- Iranians leave Beirut -

More than 100 Iranians, including some diplomats, were evacuated from Beirut overnight on a Russian plane, a Lebanese official told AFP.