Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards threatened Saturday to target U.S. sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington was left waiting for Tehran's response to its latest negotiating position.

A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain's Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday that Ankara does not want the conflict between the United States and Iran to spread further across the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the war in Ukraine was winding down, slamming Western support for Kiev, as the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire was marked by mutual accusations of violations.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Mohammed Darwish, head of the Shura Council of the Palestinian group Hamas, and an accompanying delegation to discuss developments in Gaza and the wider region, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said Saturday.