Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, including two children, Lebanese state media say. Nine people were killed in one strike that destroyed a three-storey residential building in Kfar Rumman shortly after midnight, while two paramedics were killed in a second strike on a car, according to
American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Tuesday, US Central Command has said in a statement. It accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of “recent attempted attacks” against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and “American service members deployed to the region”. Shortly afterwards Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit again
Konstantin Toropin, Cara Anna and Ben Finley Updated August 31, 2026 — 9:49am,first published 7:06am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Washington: US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month,
Larak Island is just offshore from the key port of Bandar Abbas and sits right on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global shipping. Iran is currently making tanker traffic pass by this island for checking and reportedly forcing vessels to pay $2m (£1.5m) to cross. Hossein Mohebbi, the IRGC’s spokesman called the
Twenty-seven people have been killed in an overnight drone strike on the Kyiv region, its governor has confirmed. Tymur Tkachenko said a further 42 people, including four children, were injured in the Russian attack on the Bucha district. A further 381 people have been evacuated. Search and rescue operations were ongoing early on Saturday as
The Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza told the Security Council on Wednesday that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed at their last meeting on a mechanism through which his government’s remaining questions would be settled and that committees had been established for that purpose. Mladenov said that process had not
