France has launched a judicial investigation after receiving a complaint alleging war crimes in an Israeli attack on a residential building in Lebanon two years ago.
ConflictsNeither bloc will win a majority in Israel’s election, according to exit polls. But most major TV channels’ exit polls show challenger Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s.
World politicsUS intelligence is warning that Iran has “significantly increased” its plans to attack American diplomats and officials in the Middle East, according to a document obtained by Axios.
WorldThe Indonesian stock market has plunged by more than 11 percent after index provider MSCI warned that it no longer considers the country to meet the criteria for an emerging market.
BusinessSeveral students were injured and one person died in an explosion when an Israeli high school class visited a lookout point near the border with Lebanon, Israeli media reported.
WorldEU countries approve an effort to train Lebanon’s army and security forces.
WorldThe EU is imposing its largest-ever expansion of sanctions, adding 1,600 names to lists related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. At the same time, it is preparing protective measures in response to US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
World politicsAt least six people have been injured in an Israeli drone strike on a village near Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
WorldFour people have been injured in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese army. One of the injured has been identified as a Lebanese soldier.
WorldIran is awaiting a US response to a proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, among other things. Trump is reacting forcefully to reports that he may consider meeting the Iranians.
World politicsThe Israeli military said in a statement that it had carried out an operation in the town of Mansouri, where "more than 600 locations" and "eight underground routes" belonging to "terrorist infrastructure" were located.
WorldIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly warned by both the United Arab Emirates and Egypt before Hamas's large-scale terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023. But he did not act on the warnings, according to media reports.
WorldThe Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon claims that the movement is unbroken despite intense Israeli attacks.
ConflictsIran says it is ready to open the Strait of Hormuz and ease its grip on the oil market within a week - under certain conditions. After a week of behind-the-scenes negotiations at the UN, the Iranians are putting the ball in the US's court.
WorldA Lebanese prosecutor has requested that former President Michel Aoun be charged over the 2020 Beirut port explosion, a source familiar with Lebanon's judiciary told AFP.
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World politicsThe next round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon has been postponed until October, a US official told AFP.
WorldIsrael says its military has destroyed tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. The blast was measured at magnitude 4.1.
ConflictsAt least 1,063 people were killed or injured by cluster munitions in 2025. 927 of them were recorded in Ukraine.
ConflictsIsrael has again attacked southern Lebanon. Twelve people have been killed, including at least two children, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
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