The "America First" president praised his foreign policy record on Sunday while urging a deal between Iran and Israel amid escalating strikes.

India on Sunday issued a fresh advisory for nationals in Israel as tensions in the Middle East continued to rise.

Donald Trump added that discussions between Israel and Iran are ongoing. “Many calls and meetings now taking place,” he said, without giving details.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran’s nuclear program, which could provide an off-ramp, were canceled.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he could secure a deal between Iran and Israel just as he had done between other arch-rivals, as he repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last month by "using trade".

The 10-member bloc, currently chaired by China, called Israel's “aggressive actions against civilian targets (in Iran), including energy and transport infrastructure, which have resulted in civilian casualties,

The raging Israel-Iran war has also triggered panic among other Muslim nations, including Pakistan, fearing that Israel has launched a 'crusade' against the entire Muslim world, and they could be next on the Jewish state's 'hit-list' after Gaza,

Iran-Israel conflict disrupts global trade, impacting India's exports. Increased freight rates and uncertainties threaten Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz routes.