The first round of talks ended without agreement, while two US warships passed through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the conflict began.
An India-flagged LPG carrier has become the first Indian vessel to cross the Strait of Hormuz since a temporary US-Iran ceasefire, with its Mumbai arrival expected on April 15.
Local sources cited by Yemen Monitor said fighting in the Al-Silw district southeast of Taiz left two Yemeni soldiers dead and several others wounded after an assault was repelled.
Pakistan opened its doors to direct Iran-U.S. negotiations as both sides sent senior figures to Islamabad for talks aimed at turning a fragile ceasefire into something broader.
Lebanese officials say the latest wave of Israeli attacks killed at least 10 people, including emergency workers, as diplomatic efforts continued around a fragile U.S.-Iran truce.
The U.S. military says it struck two suspected smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific on the event date, leaving five dead and one survivor as its maritime campaign widened.
Officials said the planned meeting in Washington is preparatory, not a full negotiation, as cross-border fighting and ceasefire pressure continue to mount.
Eyal Zamir said Israel was still in a state of war in Lebanon and could return to operating in Iran at any moment, signalling that the conflict remained unstable.
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said negotiations with Washington would not start until there was a ceasefire in Lebanon and frozen Iranian assets were released.
Al Jazeera reported Hezbollah rocket fire on northern Israeli towns and the Ashdod naval base after Israeli strikes killed at least 14 in southern Lebanon.
A strike on a government building in Nabatieh killed 13 members of Lebanon's security services, while attacks, displacement and damaged supply routes deepened humanitarian pressure.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company chief Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is warning that the Strait of Hormuz remains constrained and that supply disruption could worsen if access does not normalize.
The defence secretary said three Russian submarines were monitored for more than a month near critical undersea infrastructure north of the UK, with no damage reported.
Ukraine’s coordination headquarters says the remains of 1,000 dead were returned from Russia-linked repatriation efforts, with identification work now under way.
Sudan Horizon reported that the agency restored its country office to the capital as it warned that Sudan remains the world's largest hunger crisis and urgently needs more funding.