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Iranian security forces stand guard in front of the French embassy in Tehran during a protest by supporters of Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian woman who was arrested in France in February on October 21, 2025. (photo credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images) The  French foreign ministry  summoned the  Iranian charge d'affaires  on Tuesday, two days after it said French embassy staff were detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran. "France expects the Iranian authorities to shed light on this incident, punish the perpetrators, and ensure the security of its premises and personnel, in accordance with their international obligations," the ministry said.

U.S.President Donald Trump welcomes Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN) US President Donald Trump and Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun met at the White House on Tuesday. This is the first visit by a Lebanese president to the White House in over 17 years.  The visit by Aoun comes as Lebanon is supposed to be sending troops to pilot zones in southern Lebanon near where IDF troops are deployed. Aoun’s office  said he would meet  with Trump and hold “meetings and consultations with a number of American officials to discuss the situation in Lebanon and ways to consolidate the ceasefire [and] Israel’s withdrawal from the Lebanese areas it occupies,” UAE-based news site Al-Ain News reported earlier in the month.

- Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya. (Illustrative) (photo credit: Canva, REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA, REUTERS/OMAR IBRAHIM) Little will change in  Hamas  now that  Khalil al-Hayya  has been named head of its political bureau, though the terror group will now enjoy not having the financial burden of administering the Gaza Strip, Dr. Michael Milshtein, the head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University, told  The Jerusalem Post  on Tuesday. Elected after two rounds of elections, Milshtein noted that Hayya has been functioning as the de facto leader for years in Qatar after the assassination of his predecessors.

US President Donald Trump points at the new Air Force One, a plane gifted by the Qatari government, before boarding the plane, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, July 1, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Evan Vucci) Trump is expected to escalate the war with Iran, leading Israeli officials to believe that Tehran could retaliate directly against Israel Israeli officials believe US President Donald Trump is preparing to  significantly escalate  the American military campaign against Iran, according to two Israeli officials. According to the assessment, an expanded US campaign targeting Iranian strategic infrastructure and senior regime officials would likely prompt  Tehran  to retaliate directly against Israel.

Footage of the strike on armed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in southern Gaza on July 20, 2026 (CREDIT: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT). The IDF killed several Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in a targeted strike in southern Gaza on Monday.   Footage of the identification of armed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in southern Gaza on July 20, 2026 (CREDIT: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT). Per the military's statement, Israeli troops identified several armed PIJ operatives loading a vehicle with weapons that were intended to be used against IDF soldiers operating in the area.  The Israel Air Force struck the vehicle, killing those who were in it and in its immediate vicinity.

A munition is launched from a U.S. warship at an unknown location, during what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 18, 2026. (photo credit: US CENTRAL COMMAND/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) The United States completed its ninth consecutive evening of strikes on Monday morning, US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in a post to X/Twitter.  “CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” they said. The statement concluded that US forces were acting at the direction of the commander in chief to hold Iran accountable and remained highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready to respond. https://t.co/t51HuJ9Evw — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)  July 20,...