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UNIFIL says it is investigating the projectile that killed an Indonesian peacekeeper near Adchit al Qusayr as Israel’s ground and air campaign intensifies across southern Lebanon.
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The Cambridge academic said the Houthi attack on Israel showed the group may be willing to follow through on its threats, including disrupting the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
The latest round of No Kings demonstrations brought people into the streets from New York to rural Idaho, with organizers saying turnout could top 9 million across more than 3,100 events. The main rally in Minnesota featured Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro on video, and a familiar argument: Trump is acting like a monarch, and protesters are not amused.
Iran says Washington is quietly preparing a ground assault while talking about negotiations in public, as the month-old war spreads across the region and back-channel diplomacy struggles to catch up.
Rahm Emanuel is traveling, pitching ideas, and acting a lot less like a commentator than a man preparing for a presidential run, forcing Democrats to decide how much of his centrist combativeness they can tolerate.
Overnight strikes hit Tehran and other Iranian cities as diplomatic efforts continued and fears grew that the fighting could widen, with US troops arriving in the region and global markets reacting sharply.
A self-governing territory in the Horn of Africa said it would help extradite Rep. Ilhan Omar after Vice President JD Vance accused her of immigration fraud, while Omar’s office called the claim a desperate lie.
Donald Trump said Tulsi Gabbard takes a more cautious view than he does on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, offering a rare public glimpse of disagreement inside his administration as the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Tehran enters its second month.
Amnesty International says millions of fans travelling to the United States for the 2026 World Cup could face serious human rights risks, citing deportations, heavy security and arbitrary arrests.
A police stop at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre triggered a diplomatic storm, with Italy, the Vatican, and France condemning the move before Netanyahu ordered immediate access for Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
Taiwan’s main opposition party says its chairwoman will visit China next month after an invitation from Xi Jinping, while a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has arrived on the island to signal support for Taipei.
At a Miami conference run by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, Donald Trump said Mohammed bin Salman didn’t expect to have to 'kiss his ass' and called on the crown prince to 'be nice' as he praised the United States' turnaround.