An Israeli strike on a vehicle in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, Beirut's military said Saturday, days after the countries agreed a conditional truce during talks in the United States. Israel has launched an operation into 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.
The Pentagon circulated an internal memo that Israel may be monitoring senior U.S. officials to obtain information about internal deliberations on the war with Iran, NBC reported
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
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
Recent statements from Iran's military and diplomatic leadership suggest Tehran is determined to prove that war has weakened neither its regional alliances nor its leverage.
Barak Ravid spoke to LBCI about his own interview with a senior Lebanese official recently, though Lebanon’s law criminalizing interactions with Israel remains on the books.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee on Thursday to consult with experts that could play a role in nuclear negotiations with Iran, a
June 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday it is deeply concerned by violent protests outside its offices in Libya this week and blamed social media for fueling disinformation about the world body's work in the country. Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the
Israel might not attack Dahiyeh and Tyre and Hezbollah might not strike Tel Aviv and Haifa, but the border towns will get no rest
In an interview from Yerevan, Armenian opposition candidate Arman Tatoyan denies pro-Russian ties and says he would deepen cooperation with the European Union and the United States while pursuing a gradual approach to relations with Moscow.
Algerian state-owned energy giant Sonatrach will build a section of the pipeline and connect it to an existing system in the southwestern Aoulef region that supplies Europe.
The sanctions come as President Donald Trump has offered mixed signals on prospects for a deal.
PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) - French anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Friday they had opened a preliminary investigation into suspected torture and war crimes over the alleged mistreatment by Israeli authorities of French nationals who were part of an activist flotilla bound for
June 5 (Reuters) - The United States imposed new Iran-related sanctions on Friday, targeting several entities, individuals and LPG tankers, the U.S. Treasury Department's website showed. Among 12 entities designated are five that are based in the Marshall Islands, four in the
BEIRUT, June 5 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States on Friday, in some of his toughest criticism yet of Tehran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah as it wages war with Israel. In a
Saudi Arabia's long-awaited national airline is set to begin commercial flights on July 1 as the US-Israel-Iran war continues to cloud regional aviation.
By Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA/PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) - The United States is preparing a draft resolution condemning Iran ahead of next week's meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors, diplomats said on Friday, a step that could complicate wider
LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Two Romanian men whom British prosecutors said were acting as proxies for the Iranian government were on Friday found guilty of stabbing a journalist working for a Persian-language media organisation in London. Pouria Zaratifoukolaei, known as Pouria
The Lebanese president called on Israel and Hezbollah to negotiate while the parliament speaker said he would endorse a ceasefire if Israel withdraws.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday. Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran's sea trade while Tehran has
By Mirko Miorelli ROME, June 5 (Reuters) - Italy appealed on Friday for the release of two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in eastern Libya who, along with eight other activists, had been refusing food and water for four days. Israeli forces arrested 430 people on
LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Here are the main issues between the United States and Iran as they seek a deal to end their war, which is now in its fourth month: HORMUZ AND GULF BLOCKADE Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, normally the conduit for around a fifth of global oil
The boats are the latest addition to Iran’s "mosquito fleet," a fleet of high-speed attack craft operated by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
By Can Sezer and Tuvan Gumrukcu ISTANBUL, June 5 (Reuters) - Two decades of state investment have transformed Turkey into a major exporter of drones and other military equipment, and the NATO member is now looking to build on that momentum as the West rearms and security