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Hezbollah says fighting Israeli forces who landed in east Lebanon

Hezbollah says fighting Israeli forces who landed in east Lebanon

Hezbollah said on Monday it was fighting Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked

Iran launches missiles as Khamenei's son takes charge

Iran launches missiles as Khamenei's son takes charge

Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the

Mojtaba Khamenei: son and successor to Iran's supreme leader

Mojtaba Khamenei: son and successor to Iran's supreme leader

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father's hardline leadership. The 56-year-old had no official post during his father's

Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets

Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets

What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? The Middle East war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has provoked waves of retaliatory Iranian fire as well as some tricky questions

Macron to visit Cyprus as French warships deploy to counter Iran threat

Macron to visit Cyprus as French warships deploy to counter Iran threat

President Emmanuel Macron will visit Cyprus on Monday, his office said, as France deploys warships to the Mediterranean following a drone attack on the island EU member days ago. Macron will meet his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Paphos to show "solidarity"

Trump says new Iran leader won't last long without his approval

Trump says new Iran leader won't last long without his approval

US President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran's next supreme leader would not last long without his approval, as Tehran prepared to reveal the successor to the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nine days into the war that killed the supreme leader, three members of Iran's

Kuwait airport, Bahrain desalination unit struck as Iran presses Gulf attacks

Kuwait airport, Bahrain desalination unit struck as Iran presses Gulf attacks

Iran struck Gulf infrastructure Sunday, hitting fuel tanks at Kuwait's airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain, with at least four reported dead in the region as Tehran pressed its campaign there into a second week. In Saudi Arabia, the civil defence said a "military projectile"