After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
"The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.
A Participant of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 photographed between meetings.The Summit is convened by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and aims to deliver new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear on confronting climate change, as well as to boost ambition and accelerate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on 23 September 2019~UN Photo by Laura JarrielParticipants of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 stand in line to go through a security checkpoint at UN headquarters on 23 Septembe,2019~UN Photo by Laura JarrielParticipants of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 photographed on the escalator in the Secretariat building at UN headquarters~UN Photo by Laura JarrielUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (sixth from right) poses for a group photo at the closing of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. With him are (from third from left): Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat); Luis Alfonso de Alba, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit; Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO); Mr. Guterres; Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General; and Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Programme~UN Photo by Cia Pak