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Escalation in U.S.-Iran-Israel Tensions
Updated May 26, 12:30 PM · Editor selected
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U.S. forces have struck Iranian missile launch sites as Israel ramps up attacks in Lebanon.
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  1. American airstrikes targeted Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines, marking a significant escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions.
  2. Israel announced it will intensify its military operations in Lebanon, responding to drone attacks from Hezbollah amidst U.S.-Iran deal discussions.
  3. Iran has called for a halt to hostilities in Lebanon as part of any peace agreement with the U.S., which could impact the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
‘We basically lost’: Tel Aviv residents react after Israel-Iran strikes
AlJazeera • Jun 8, 20:54
Residents in Tel Aviv voiced mixed reactions after a day of missile exchanges between Israel and Iran.
France: Schoolgirl’s murder sparks outrage over judicial failings
France24 • Jun 8, 15:36
A silent march was held in France on Sunday in memory of an 11-year-old girl whose suspected murder has sparked outrage across the country. The body of the girl, named as Lyhanna, was found last week after she went missi
Broadway revivals and 'Liberation' win big at the Tony Awards
PBS • Jun 8, 15:25
"Schmigadoon!," an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history.
Iran's World Cup football team arrives in Mexico amid US visa row
BBC • Jun 8, 15:21
The players and staff will have to fly in and out of the US for each of their games in the group stage.
Ukraine recaptures more territory than it loses along front line in May, Syrskyi says
KyivIndependent • Jun 8, 13:28
The heaviest fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast, the Oleksandrivka sector, which lies at the junction of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and the Huliaipole sector in Zapo
US shows no interest in returning to understandings reached in Alaska — Lavrov
TASS • Jun 8, 12:01
According to the Russian foreign minister, the Russian president has recently confirmed that Moscow was ready to follow the understandings outlined at the Anchorage meeting
From saunas to high altitudes: How Korea is preparing for 2026 FIFA World Cup
KoreaTimes • Jun 9, 06:12
Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America opening later this week, Korea's national football team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, has completed a specialized adaptation
Congo says Ebola deaths top 100 as armed groups threaten response
JapanTimes • Jun 9, 00:29
The outbreak of the Bundibugyo ​strain of Ebola was announced on May 15, though ‌officials have ‌since said it went undetected for weeks.
China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots
SCMP • Jun 8, 12:30
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are opening a new front in their battle with Tesla: humanoid robots. After spending years competing on electric cars and autonomous driving technology, leading Chinese manufacturers i
Breaking: Pilots 'fine' after US helicopter goes down near Strait of Hormuz
ABC_AU • Jun 9, 04:51
Donald Trump confirms reports of a US Apache helicopter crash near the Strait of Hormuz.
Gaza cancer patient waits for a chance at life
AlJazeera • Jun 8, 20:47
A school director and novelist in Gaza needs urgent life-saving cancer surgery that she cannot access inside the Strip.
'Once Trump accepted Iranian 14-point proposal as basis of talks, he gave Iran political initiative'
France24 • Jun 8, 15:35
Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. Amid the latest escalation between Iran, Israel, and the US,
Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea
PBS • Jun 8, 15:08
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation in a closely watched summit.
Watch: Why is China's Xi Jinping visiting North Korea?
BBC • Jun 8, 12:18
The Chinese President Xi received a colourful welcome to Pyongyang for his first visit in seven years.
Ukraine foils Russian plot to assassinate senior military intelligence official, police say
KyivIndependent • Jun 8, 12:19
The target was Andrii Yusov, spokesperson for Ukrainian military intelligence and deputy head of Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, he confirmed later in the day.
Air defenses destroy 124 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions within six-hour period
TASS • Jun 8, 11:45
In particular, drones were intercepted over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, Krasnodar Regions and over the Republic of Crimea
Failure is not the end: Engineer's journey to seolleongtang success
KoreaTimes • Jun 8, 14:57
When asked what remark gives him the greatest satisfaction, Bae Han-sung, 51, owner of the seolleongtang restaurant Cheongpungok Seolleongtang in northern Seoul, said that the compliment he liked most to hear was that th
Deadly screwworm pest spreads in U.S. with three new cases
JapanTimes • Jun 9, 00:13
The fly has been detected in a calf in La Salle County, Texas, a goat in Gillespie County, Texas, and a dog in New Mexico, according to the the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Why Hong Kong matters to Kazakhstan’s financial ambitions
SCMP • Jun 8, 12:30
As part of its decades-old “multi-vector” foreign policy, based on balancing relations between major powers such as China, Russia, the United States and the European Union, Kazakhstan – Central Asia’s largest country – i
Judge blocks Trump's $142,000 H-1B skilled worker visa fee
ABC_AU • Jun 9, 00:09
The Trump administration's planned fee for the H-1B visa was announced to prevent foreign workers from taking American jobs.