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Trump directs interim US intelligence chief Bill Pulte to downsize agency 

10 June 2026

United States President Donald Trump has directed Bill Pulte to cut staff at the Office of the Director of National Inte...

US Defence Secretary Hegseth pledges strikes on ‘key facilities’ in Iran 

10 June 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|US-Israel war on Iran Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed that the Unite...

India summons US envoy over attack on ship carrying Indian sailors off Oman 

10 June 2026

India has summoned a senior US diplomat after US forces fired on a Palau-flagged vessel with 24 Indian sailors on board ...

Israel kills 16 in Lebanon, UN to probe international law violations 

10 June 2026

At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Tyre and its surrounding areas in southern Lebanon, accord...

Bill Gates testifies in closed-door US House meeting over Epstein ties 

10 June 2026

Tech entrepreneur Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has testified in a closed-door session with a panel in the Un...

US military chief Hegseth warns Cuba against acquiring military arms 

10 June 2026

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned that Cuba could invite confrontation with the United States if it seeks to ...

After a Democrat standoff, Trump signs $70bn immigration enforcement bill 

10 June 2026

United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a $70bn funding bill for immigration enforcement, capping a mon...

Sanctions on settlers not enough: Target Israeli gov’t, say campaigners 

10 June 2026

Israeli settlers and far-right ministers have been slapped with new Western sanctions. But human rights groups and Pales...

Trump hardens tone against Iran, says ‘may keep going’ with strikes 

10 June 2026

After insisting for weeks that a peace deal between the United States and Iran is close, President Donald Trump has esca...

What are Lebanon’s most important political parties? 

10 June 2026

Hezbollah is the most prominent of Lebanon’s political movements, and has long been the most powerful in the country. ...