​ President Trump threatened to “wipe out” oil infrastructure on Kharg Island if Iranian forces continued to block the critical conduit for fuel. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was hit for the second time since the war started.  

​ Israeli calls for the evacuation of huge swaths of southern Lebanon have led 830,000 people, about 14 percent of Lebanon’s population, to flee.  

​ The country aims to expand domestic satellite systems and cut dependence on American networks like Elon Musk’s Starlink.  

​ The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran’s energy infrastructure.  

​ The Palestinian group also affirms Tehran’s right to defend itself from “aggression” by the US and Israel.