Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, died of his wounds after being hit Thursday by an explosive drone operated by Hezbollah. Sgt. Ohad Yaari, 21, was killed by the accidental discharge of a weapon. The number of soldiers killed during the latest campaign in Lebanon rose to 30
By John Irish PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday. The
A UNIFIL source told Haaretz that Israeli forces last demolished villages on Wednesday, before the ceasefire announcement. An Israeli source said the halt is part of understandings reached in talks, while Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem rejected the agreement and demanded a full
By Ashraf Hamed Atta and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, June 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said. Hussein was
The IDF said the vehicle carrying the Lebanese soldiers was traveling 'in a suspicious manner toward soldiers' in an active combat zone. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the strike a 'blatant violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and international law'
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, June 6 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians including two women in Gaza on Saturday, health officials said, as mediators restarted talks in Cairo with Hamas and other factions over safeguarding a strained ceasefire
HEBRON, June 6 (Reuters) - A seven-month-old Palestinian was laid to rest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday, a day after he was shot dead and his parents were injured by the Israeli military near Hebron, according to family members who witnessed the shooting and
By Lucy Papachristou YEREVAN, June 6 (Reuters) - Armenian authorities arrested six candidates for a pro-Russian opposition party on Saturday, a day before they were due to stand in general elections, state media reported, without giving any reason for the detentions. The report
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, Beirut's military said Saturday, as its chief travelled to Pakistan to meet with a key mediator in efforts to end the Middle East war. Israel has launched an operation in Lebanon to root out the Tehran-backed armed
This is the first World Cup in which a host nation will receive a country with which it is at war. Secretary of State Marc Rubio said no IRGC affiliates allowed in the U.S.
According to The New York Times' report, officials are concerned Israel has attempted to spy on Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Hegseth's top adviser, Elbridge A. Colby. NBC reported that the Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the
Iran's World Cup squad left Turkey for Mexico on Saturday, taking off under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington after the US refused to issue visas for some of the team's support staff. The dispute erupted just days before Thursday's kickoff of
Iran's World Cup squad left Turkey for Mexico on Saturday, taking off under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington after the US refused to issue visas for some of the team's support squad. The dispute erupted just days before the June 11 start of
Iran lashed out at the United States on Saturday for refusing visas to some of its World Cup squad support staff as the players were to leave Turkey for Mexico. The row erupted just days before the June 11 start of the 2026 World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by the United
Analysis in three vulnerable countries found over six million additional people struggling to meet their basic food needs, the World Food Program said
New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran's football players had received visas for the World Cup. Weeks of complex talks marked by threats and flare-ups of violence have
Iran launched a salvo of missiles at US allies Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday, after renewed American strikes, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further undermining a fragile truce. Weeks of indirect talks marked by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic strikes
Iran launched a salvo of missiles at US allies Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday after fresh American strikes, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further straining a fragile truce. Weeks of indirect talks marked by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic exchanges of
CENTCOM said it intercepted 'multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones' fired toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf U.S. air bases. In a parallel conflict in Lebanon, Hezbollah said on Friday it carried out two attacks on Israeli troops
By Ahmed Elimam, Jana Choukeir and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said, in the latest escalation complicating
By Renee Hickman and Bo Erickson CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to end the Iran war quickly and remove a source of high prices as he campaigned in rural central Wisconsin in a bid to help Republicans keep control of
June 5 (Reuters) - A seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry identified the infant as Sam Fahd