The conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah caused more than $700 million in agricultural damage and losses, a report from the United Nations and Lebanese authorities said.

"The agriculture sector in Lebanon has incurred an estimated $118 million in damages and $586 million in losses," said the assessment by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization with Lebanon's agriculture ministry and the National Council for Scientific Research.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday his country seeks a "fair and honorable" deal with the United States, hours before the start of talks between the two sides.

The United States and Iran begin high-stakes talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Saturday, with President Donald Trump threatening military action should they fail to produce a new deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg on Friday, the Kremlin said.

Moscow released footage of Putin greeting Witkoff and earlier said the pair would discuss the Ukraine conflict, but that no breakthrough was expected.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to "dynamite" the "revolution" that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad.

Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again.

Gaza's civil defense agency reported that a pre-dawn Israeli air strike on Friday killed 10 members of the same family, including seven children, in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

Iran is seeking a "real and fair" agreement with the United States on its nuclear program, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday, setting the stage for a diplomatic showdown this weekend in Oman.

Longtime adversaries Iran and the U.S. are set to hold talks on Saturday in Muscat, aimed at reaching a potential nuclear deal. U.S. President Donald Trump last month sent a letter to Khamenei urging negotiations and warning of possible military action if Tehran refuses.

The body of a French-Lebanese dual national, who bombed a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in 2012, was being repatriated to Lebanon on Thursday, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

The attack at Bulgaria's Burgas airport was the deadliest against Israelis abroad since 2004. Five Israelis, including a pregnant woman, and the Bulgarian bus driver were killed along with the bomber, Mohamad Hassan El-Husseini, 23.

The Kremlin said Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "wrong" to suggest Russia was dragging China into the Ukraine conflict, after Kyiv claimed many Chinese citizens were fighting for Moscow.

"Partner, friend, and comrade. China has always taken a very balanced position, so Zelensky is wrong," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, including AFP, in a briefing call.