GCC states approve joint military command centre in Kuwait

Al Jazeera update

GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi says there will be an “allocation of appropriate forces” to the base following a meeting of the bloc’s defence ministers in Bahrain.

Iran’s IRGC says two oil tankers have caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after using what Tehran called an “unauthorised route”.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urges the US “to act on Iran’s demands and conditions, which are stated in the two-day plan and are still on the table”.

US President Donald Trump says there is “positive momentum” towards ending the war on Iran after talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Washington, DC.