Iran would be 'unwise' to challenge US further, Pentagon's Hegseth says Iran would be "unwise" to challenge US further after it carried out strikes overnight in retaliation for the downing of a US Apache helicopter, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. "Right now, they’re defensive strikes to ensure we protect our people. Again, Iran would be unwise to challenge us further," Hegseth said during a visit to the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Indian sailors aboard a tanker that was struck by a U. S. missile sent distress calls for more than two hours before being rescued by the Omani military.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that any act of aggression against the country would receive an immediate and decisive response.
Israel 'emptying' Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/10/2026 - 13:21 Palestinian monitoring group says authorities are targeting four key sites across the mosque complex as part of broader effort to sideline Jordanian-backed Islamic Waqf Israeli forces during a raid into Al-Aqsa Mosque stand watch as Muslim worshippers gather for Friday noon prayers, in Jerusalem's Old City on 10 April 2026 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off Israel has emptied four facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex that served as offices for the Islamic Waqf, in what a monitoring group has described as an escalating campaign against the Jordanian-backed body. The Al-Quds International Institution, a Palestinian organisation that monitors developments in Jerusalem, said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities have used "manufactured security pretexts" to target the facilities. According to the group, Israeli forces raided the sites in recent months, broke their locks and prevented the installation of replacements.
US launches strikes in retaliation for downing of US army helicopter, while White House source says deal could still be close The future of peace talks in the Middle East have been thrown into question after Iran’s foreign ministry said it needed to “reassess” its participation, while Donald Trump said Iran would have to “pay the price” after the two countries traded fire overnight, drawing neighbouring states back into an on-and-off war that has consumed the region since late February. The US launched strikes against Iran in the early hours of Wednesday morning in retaliation for what it said was Iran’s downing of a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz. Iran then launched a wave of retaliatory airstrikes claiming hits on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
CAIRO, 10th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The League of Arab States condemned in the srongest terms the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, carried out today, Wednesday, through ballistic missile and drone attacks.
Trump may order new strikes on Iran: Report US President Donald Trump said he may order new strikes on Iran's power plants and bridges because Tehran is taking too long to make a deal, Fox News reported on Wednesday citing a phone interview. "Iran is all talk and no action," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier in the day. "They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price," he said.
DUBAI/BEIRUT: Israel carried out an airstrike on the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on June 9, killing at least eight people. This escalation is putting more pressure on efforts to negotiate a peace deal to end the wider war in the Middle East. A day earlier, Israel and Iran had stopped direct attacks on each other after U.
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): An explosion has been reported in the vicinity of Qeshm Island in southern Iran, according to the country's Mehr News Agency. Detailing the initial reports from the ground, the news agency stated that 'the exact nature of these sounds is still unknown. ' The incident follows a night of intense military exchanges in the region.
Israeli military abducts municipal councillor, worker in southern Lebanon Israeli forces abducted a municipal councillor and a worker on Wednesday in the southern Lebanese town of Kfarshuba, amid continuous Israeli strikes in the area. “An Israeli patrol took away Kfarshuba municipal council member Mohammad Hassan al-Hajj and worker Ahmad Salah Diab, taking them to an unknown location,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said. A local Lebanese outlet confirmed that the two individuals were taken by the Israeli patrol in the morning, around 10am, while operating a water pump outside the village.
Two crew missing in tanker fire off Oman coast, UK maritime agency says A tanker’s engine room caught fire off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a UK maritime agency said, reporting two missing and one casualty. Earlier, British maritime security company Vanguard Tech said the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello had “transmitted a distress call stating that its engine room had been struck by a missile while operating off Sohar in the Gulf of Oman” and that there was a fire on board. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency later reported an incident 37km (20 nautical miles) northeast of Sohar in Oman.
Seoul [Korea], June 10, (ANI): Asian tech stocks led by heavyweight names like Softbank, Samsung and SK Hynix resumed their slide after a brief pause on Monday as stretched AI valuations and a renewal in conflict in West Asia made investors cautious. Broader Asian indices saw weakness in trade as the US and Iran exchanged fire over a downed US Apache helicopter.
Tehran [Iran], June 10 (ANI): The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the US military strikes on southern Iran, labelling the overnight attacks as a 'blatant violation' of international law. According to a report by Al Jazeera, the ministry issued an official statement asserting that 'in the early minutes of Wednesday morning ...
ABU DHABI, 10th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist and unprovoked ballistic missile and drone attacks by Iran that targeted the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Israeli air strike kills at least six in southern Lebanon’s Tayr Debba An Israeli air strike on the town of Tayr Debba, located in southern Lebanon's Tyre district, killed at least six people. The Lebanese Civil Defence confirmed the casualties to Al Jazeera.
Jordan military says shot it down five missiles from Iran Jordanian forces intercepted five missiles launched from Iran on Wednesday, the army said. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said their missiles had targeted a US "command centre" in Azraq, a town 100km east of Amman that is home to Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. Jordan insists it does not host foreign military bases, but US and European air crews have operated out of the base in the past.
