Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike in the south killed five people including a woman and an emergency worker, condemning "the targeting of paramedics carrying out rescue operations".

"The Israeli enemy strike on the town of Zebdine in the Nabatieh district killed five people including a woman, and a paramedic from the Risala Association, and wounded two people including a paramedic," a ministry statement said, referring to emergency responders affiliated with Hezbollah ally the Amal movement.

The United States has yet to issue visas to some technical and administrative members of Iran's World Cup delegation, Iran's Fars news agency reported, despite approval for the team's players.

Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), traveled across the Middle East to meet with senior regional leaders, the command said.

During the trip, Cooper held meetings with senior officials from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan.

The Israeli army said that three officers, including the commander of the Givati Brigade's reconnaissance unit, were wounded in separate incidents in southern Lebanon involving a drone attack and clashes with Hezbollah fighters.

The Givati Brigade is one of the Israeli army's main infantry brigades and operates under the Southern Command.

Iran's national football team has been granted visas to enter the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a White House official said.

The team submitted their passports to the US embassy in Ankara as part of the visa process earlier today, federation chief Mehdi Taj said.

The move comes despite heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran, with the US hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup alongside Canada and Mexico. Sports teams are generally exempt from travel restrictions to ensure participation in international competitions.

A potential agreement between Washington and Tehran hinges on US President Donald Trump's administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, CNN quoted Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, as saying.

Russia is expecting that the ongoing maritime crisis in the Strait of Hormuz could inject approximately $13.6 billion in windfall revenue into the country’s budget, the Russian finance minister said in a recent interview.

Anton Siluanov, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, said the rising global oil prices reversed the unfavourable budgetary conditions of earlier this year, while shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to a halt amid the US and Israel’s attacks against Iran.

Siluanov said the resulting regional instability is heavily benefiting Russia since petroleum is one of the country’s primary exports amid a sharp rise in crude oil prices.

Iran says at least 50 percent of its frozen assets must be released immediately upon the signing of a possible memorandum of understanding with the US, a senior foreign ministry official told Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency.

Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, said various mechanisms are being reviewed to secure Tehran’s access to its blocked funds under a possible understanding with Washington.

Russia wants oil prices on global markets to be balanced and stable amid the Israel-US war against Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Speaking at Russia's annual economic forum, Putin said that the reduction in oil supplies was causing concern in the market, but that Russia was participating in OPEC+ in order to balance the market.