Middle East latest: Pakistan proposes two-week extension to Trump deadline with Iran

US president  set a deadline on Iran to end ‌its blockade of Gulf oil in the Strait of Hormuz last week

Workers remove debris at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology complex that Iranian authorities say was hit by a US-Israeli strike on Monday. Picture: Francisco Seco/AP

Pakistan has proposed a two-week extension to Donald Trump's deadline with Iran, hours after the US president threatened that "a whole civilization would die tonight."

Mr Trump set a deadline on Iran to end ‌its blockade of Gulf oil in the Strait of Hormuz. He vowed devastating military action if the country does not reach an agreement by 1am Irish time.