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Trump directs interim US intelligence chief Bill Pulte to downsize agency
10 June 2026United 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 2026DEVELOPING 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 2026India 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 2026At 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 2026Tech 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 2026Secretary 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 2026United 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 2026Israeli 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 2026After 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 2026Hezbollah is the most prominent of Lebanon’s political movements, and has long been the most powerful in the country. ...