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Hezbollah supporters hold flags and posters during a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon June 10, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) More than 400 Lebanese public figures, including politicians, religious leaders, and other prominent figures, have declared their support for a campaign advocating Lebanese sovereignty in opposition to both  Iranian interference  and the Israeli presence in the country on Monday. The ‘A Call to Save Lebanon’ initiative asserts the need for civilians to publicly support Beirut, legitimate institutions, diplomatic processes and an end to both Iranian interference and Israel’s presence in southern Lebanon. Notably, this end to Iranian interference calls for only state actors to hold arms, addressing the yet-to-be-implemented March law ordering the demilitarization of the Iran-backed terrorist organization  Hezbollah . Founded in 1982 with the support of Iran’s  Islamic Revolutionary Guards , Hezbollah has long drawn ...

A US Air Force F-15 fighter jet during an exercise, March 28, 2023; illustrative. (photo credit: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images) A US fighter jet pilot  who was shot down over Iran  in April during the height of Operation Epic Fury claims he saw a formation of Iranian drones flying in a shape resembling a jellyfish, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. The F-15 pilot told intelligence officials that he observed the "multiple Iranian  drones , moving as one" during a debriefing following their rescue by US Special Forces. “Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs... real alien s***,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot's account told CNN.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2026 (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90) Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said Israel smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to help anti-government protesters, but claimed the effort was later halted by the current government. Israel smuggled  Starlink  internet receivers into Iran to help anti-government protesters, former prime minister  Naftali Bennett  said on Tuesday. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government failed to follow through on the plans, Bennett added. Bennett told an audience at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem that he had initiated a "process of acquiring and smuggling into Iran tens of thousands of Starlink receptors that would allow continuity of the internet and social networks." Starlink, owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX, provides satellite internet connections. Iran has previously accused Israel and the Un...

IRAN'S FOREIGN Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool) The US- Iran  technical talks in Switzerland have concluded successfully, and will allow both sides to move toward negotiations at higher levels, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Tuesday. The next stage of talks will be overseen primarily by senior officials on both sides, including Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,  Iran's  Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, and Vice President of the United States, JD Vance. The conclusion of the first session of talks was initially announced in a joint statement on Monday morning by mediators Qatar and Pakistan. According to the two countries, the talks were con...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up as he departs at the Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, February 16, 2026. (photo credit: ALEX BRANDON/POOL VIA REUTERS) Gulf Arab leaders are expected to press Marco Rubio over a draft Iran agreement they fear could reshape regional security and boost Tehran’s power. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio  faces a delicate mission this week pitching Washington's Iran peace deal to  Gulf  Arab leaders who fear excessive concessions will strengthen Tehran and reshape the region's security balance and oil flows. Rubio will meet them in the  United Arab Emirates  on Tuesday, before traveling to Kuwait and Bahrain, where he will meet officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council, a grouping of monarchies that also includes Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman.

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025. (photo credit: NIR ELIAS/REUTERS) The widely cited Gaza Mortality Survey, published in  The Lancet Global Health , may be more unreliable than previously assumed, according to new correspondence recently published in the British medical journal. Released by Professor Emeritus Sergio DellaPergola of the  Hebrew University of Jerusalem  and independent researcher Mark Zlochin, the correspondence analyzed the survey’s publicly released data and found several discrepancies in its methodology and study sample. According to the Gaza Mortality Survey, some 75,200 violent deaths have occured in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War, which started on  October 7 , 2023.