Israeli forces struck paramedic teams in Mayfadoun, Nabatiyeh district three consecutive times on Wednesday, killing three paramedics, wounding six, and leaving one missing, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The attacks came as Washington hosted Israeli and Lebanese government envoys for talks mediated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which both sides described as positive but which Hezbollah condemned as a national sin that would deepen divisions in an already polarised country. Israel said the talks aim to disarm Hezbollah and reported striking over 200 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon in a single 24-hour period, while also renewing evacuation orders for a wide swath of the south. The broader conflict has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced 1.2 million since March 2, per Lebanese authorities. Senior Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi said Iranian pressure, including Tehran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, is being used as leverage to compel Washington to include Lebanon in any ceasefire agreement. Trump has separately urged Israel to scale back attacks, reportedly to avoid destabilising the Iran ceasefire track. UN human rights experts have condemned Israel's bombing campaign as illegal aggression.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 164 people and injured 971, interim president Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Thursday. The quakes are the country's strongest since 1900, collapsing buildings across Caracas and prompting a state of emergency, with the death toll expected to rise as
