Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon lead to 120+ casualties, West Bank settlers kill two Palestinians, and Iran faces leadership speculation.
LEBANON — Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 120 people in Lebanon as Hezbollah urges Israeli civilians to evacuate border areas.
WEST BANK — Israeli settlers have shot and killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, heightening tensions in the area.
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Approximately 454,000 people are reported displaced in Beirut due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
EASTERN LEBANON — Israeli forces execute airstrikes and ground assaults in eastern Lebanon, resulting in multiple casualties among local populations.
IRAN — Following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in recent US-Israeli strikes, speculation grows over Iran’s next leader.
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Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. He previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East at the time of his death.
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
The Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Pakistani Taliban, National Resistance Front (NRF), and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF). The skirmishes took place over a number of locations in Afghanistan, along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, and Western and North-Western part of Pakistan. After de-escalation in March 2024, the conflict resurged in December 2024 with Pakistani airstrikes against Afghanistan, specifically in Paktika Province. Conflict in December 2024 marked the third round of air strikes by Pakistan on the territory of Afghanistan in a period of less than two years. The first similar Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan were in 2022 and the second Pakistani airstrikes were in March 2024.
Ali Pervaiz Malik is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Energy, and previously served as Minister of State for Finance, Revenue, and Power, in office since 17 May 2024. Previously, he had been a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 to August 2023.
Muhammad Aurangzeb is a Pakistani banker who has been serving as the finance minister of Pakistan since 11 March 2024. He previously served as the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Habib Bank Limited from February 2018 to March 2024.
Syed Murad Ali Shah Lakyari is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and a member of the Sindh Assembly. It is his third term as Chief Minister. Shah earlier held portfolios such as Minister of Irrigation of Sindh and Finance Minister of Sindh.
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and chief minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving person in the role.
Jutta Allmendinger is a German sociologist who has been serving as professor of educational sociology and labor market research at Humboldt University since 2007. She was president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center from 2007 to 2024.
Takashi Murayama is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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