Tehran [Iran], August 16 (ANI): Iran has strongly condemned the latest Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed 11 people, including three children and two women from the same family, and injured several others, Tasnim News reported.
Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians in Masafer Yatta attacks Five Palestinians, including two women, two men and a child, suffered bruises and contusions when Israeli settlers attacked residents of Umm al-Khair village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported. Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhamrehn told the agency that the settlers also hurled stones at a vehicle belonging to Imad Hawshiya, a resident of al-Markaz village, as he travelled along al-Zuweidin Road towards his home. Settlers also attacked the home of a Palestinian family in Wadi al-Rakhim, south of the nearby town of Yatta, and vandalised their property, according to Wafa.
Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war.
Relatives of some of Iran’s most powerful security figures, including Mohsen Rezaei’s son, were among nine people tied to an oil-sales network that sources say failed to return about $11 billion in proceeds, an Iran International investigation found.
Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
Iran condemns Israeli attacks in Lebanon Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned Israel’s recent attacks on southern Lebanon which killed 11 people, including children, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran “regrets” the international community’s “continued silence and inaction of the United Nations Security Council in the face of blatant violations of international law and international human rights law”. Saturday's air strikes mark the worst attacks since Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement to stop fighting in June.
Qatar on Saturday dismissed the Iranian military’s claim that it had detained and held three pilots from two Su-24 bombers shot down in March, saying it recovered only one pilot’s remains and had invited Tehran to review the search.
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Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them. A Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said on X that search and rescue teams later found the remains of one of the pilots and that it had contacted Iran to coordinate a handover. The spokesperson said Tehran had yet to respond to an invitation to review details of its operations.
Israel says soldiers wounded in southern Lebanon The Israeli military says three soldiers, including one officer, were wounded by an explosive drone in southern Lebanon overnight. In a post on X, the army said the soldiers were taken out of Lebanon to receive medical treatment in hospital, and their families have been notified.
Israeli army says it killed two Palestinians in Gaza The Israeli military has said its Paratroopers Brigade killed two Palestinians in Gaza. The military said the Palestinians crossed the so-called “yellow line. " Under the US-brokered agreement reached with Hamas last October, Israel was supposed to withdraw to the yellow line while temporarily retaining control over 53 percent of Gaza.
The literary broadside comes as Tehran and Washington remain deadlocked over efforts to end their months-long conflict Iran has invoked Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky to accuse Washington of basing its foreign policy toward Tehran and the wider Middle East on "lies," as efforts to end the months-long conflict remain stalled.
Iran resumes flights at Bandar Abbas airport after wartime disruptions Flights at the port city of Bandar Abbas resumed on Saturday after repeated interruptions during war with the United States, state media reported. Kazem Tavassoli, director general of airports in Hormozgan province, said "scheduled flights at Bandar Abbas International Airport on high-traffic domestic routes resumed today, according to the IRNA state news agency. The reopening comes "following limited flights in recent days", Tavassoli said, adding that passengers can now buy tickets for the Tehran-Bandar Abbas, Mashhad-Bandar Abbas and Bandar Abbas-Isfahan routes, in both directions.
LONDON/PANAMA CITY: Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to have almost come to a standstill on August 14 after two more ships were attacked in the strategic waterway. At the same time, the United States said it had the military capability to keep a naval blockade of Iran in place indefinitely.
Opinion: How Iran and Ukraine are strategically sinking their rivals at sea The Iran war may be fought primarily remotely via the air, but its strategic outcome is increasingly being decided at sea. The latest strikes and counterstrikes have clarified rather than altered that central fact. Washington may escalate through a ground intervention, wider attacks on Iran’s critical infrastructure, or a strike against the deeply buried nuclear-linked complex at Pickaxe Mountain in Isfahan province.
As Iran confronts military pressure abroad and mounting economic strain at home, signs are emerging that the Islamic Republic is increasingly turning its attention to another potential threat: renewed unrest on its own streets.
Iran says route through Hormuz agreed with Oman, but deal yet to be finalised Iran has reached an agreement with Oman on a shipping route map for the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of technical negotiations, Defa Press reported, citing Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei. “Despite US obstruction, the talks have made positive progress over the past three weeks and an agreement has been reached on the shipping route map. ” Baghaei added that both sides were still negotiating outstanding issues, including a statement to be issued by Tehran and Muscat.
MANAMA, 15th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The Kingdom of Bahrain expressed strong condemnation and denunciation of the Iranian attack targeting a vessel affiliated with Emirati ADNOC while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, in a flagrant violation of international law, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and UN Security Council Resolution 2817.
KUWAIT, 15th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday expressed Kuwait's strong condemnation and denunciation of the Iranian attack against a vessel affiliated with the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Yemen's Mocha port suspends operations after Houthi attacks Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks in recent days, the port's director said on Saturday. The attacks killed seven people and caused an estimated $16m in losses, the director told a news conference.
