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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced that Iran will support the establishment of a regional uranium enrichment center but will continue enriching uranium on its own soil, according to Xinhua.

Speaking to the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, Araghchi reiterated that Iran is still committed to diplomacy in indirect discussions with the US, but will not negotiate under pressure.

He also warned that any attempt by France, Germany, or the United Kingdom to trigger the snapback mechanism under the 2015 nuclear deal would be greeted with a "harsh" response. The mechanism allows international sanctions to be reimposed if Iran violates the agreement's conditions, Xinhua reported.

Indirect talks between Iran and the US, mediated by Oman, have been ongoing since April in Muscat and Rome. Iran has rejected US demands to halt uranium enrichment entirely.

North Korea has arrested a fourth official over the failed launch of a new warship that has enraged the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, BBC reported.

Ri Hyong-son, deputy director of the ruling Workers' Party's Munitions Industry Department, was "largely responsible for the serious accident" last week, state-run news agency KCNA said on Monday.

The 5,000-ton destroyer had tipped over and damaged its hull, in what Kim had described as a "criminal act" that "severely damaged the [country's] dignity and pride".

The vessel is being repaired under the guidance of an expert group, KCNA said, according to BBC.

US President Donald Trump has agreed to extend a deadline to negotiate tariffs with the European Union until 9 July, BBC reported.

It comes after President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she had a "good call" with Trump on Sunday.

Last month, Trump announced a 20% tariff on most EU goods, but later halved it to 10% until 8 July to allow time for negotiations. On Friday, Trump expressed frustration with the pace of negotiations with the EU and threatened to impose 50% tariffs.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said Von der Leyen told him "we will rapidly get together and see if we can work something out", posting later on Truth Social that it was his "privilege to extend the deadline," according to BBC.

At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, according to medics and civil defence officials, BBC reported.

The strike targeted Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City, which had been housing hundreds of displaced people who fled the northern town of Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli military assault.

A spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said 20 bodies, including children, were recovered from the school - many of them severely burned - after fires engulfed two classrooms turned into living quarters.

The Israeli military has been contacted for comment, according to BBC.