Kuwait said Tuesday that Iran had again targeted the country’s power and desalination plants, sparking fires and causing damage to crucial facilities. Roughly 90 percent of the tiny desert nation’s drinking water comes from desalination. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.

Iran's President Pezeshkian says the level of 'interaction' with new supreme leader is increasing day by day The level of "interaction" with Iran's Supreme Leader is increasing day by day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video clip published on state media. Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the US-Israeli air strike that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, along with his wife and other close family members at the start of the Iran war. Mojtaba Khamenei suffered severe facial and leg injuries in the attack, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters in April.

Houthis warn shipping companies to avoid loading or discharging at Saudi ports Shipping companies should not load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports and such activity may result in being targeted “in any location” by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, according to an email sent to companies by the Houthis. "Vessels are banned from loading or discharging cargo at or from any Saudi ports," the July 20 email said, which was received by multiple shipping companies. "We strongly recommend that your company exercise due diligence and the utmost care in all its dealings,” according to the email, which was sent to the multiple companies in the industry and seen by Reuters.

"Any such activity would expose the violating vessels to sanctions. Furthermore, they may be subject to targeting in any location within the operational reach of the Yemeni Armed Forces," according to the email, which was sent by the Houthis’ Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center. The group said on Monday they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front in the war and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.

Iranian official begins meeting with mediators in Pakistan Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni met Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, two officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly. Authorities did not immediately release details of the meeting.

Momeni is also expected to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later on Tuesday. Jordan military says it intercepted two Iranian attacks The Jordanian military announced it had intercepted two Iranian attacks at midday. The military's "air defence systems intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles targeting the kingdom at midday today", the army said in a statement, adding that there had been no casualties or damage caused.

Earlier, the army had announced it had intercepted five drones launched by Iran, with no casualties reported then either. Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed the first of the attacks, claiming in a statement that they had targeted a "complex housing US terrorist forces in the region of Rukban".