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The new attacks by the U.S. on Iran were "absolutely necessary," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday after the U.S. launched a wave of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Argentina produced a stunning comeback to defeat Egypt 3-2 in their Round of 16 clash at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Tuesday, overturning a two-goal deficit in the final eleven minutes to book their place in the quarter-finals.

A Qatari LNG tanker was at risk of exploding and a Saudi crude tanker was damaged near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, sending oil prices higher as maritime authorities raised the threat risk for vessels transiting the waterway to "severe."

Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Raggi delivered one of his most direct statements yet on Tuesday, affirming that Lebanon would continue negotiations with Israel and had "no other choice", while declaring that the framework agreement signed last month has achieved something historic: the separation of Lebanon's diplomatic fate from Iran's.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027 and fight her conviction after an appeals court shortened her ban on holding public office.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Damascus on Tuesday, becoming the first Western head of state to travel to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. 

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed Tuesday that a new round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon will take place in Rome, with Italy specifying the talks are expected to be held on July 15 and 16.

Two tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, including an LNG carrier at risk of explosion, as huge crowds mourning Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei thronged the holy city of Qom.

NATO foreign ministers will meet Gulf Arab counterparts on Tuesday to address the stalemate over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including a Franco-British proposal for a multinational maritime mission that Iran has so far dismissed.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that Washington would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara's purchase of Russian defense missiles, while expressing a willingness to sell the fellow NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.

Bombs exploded near the hotel where Emmanuel Macron was staying in Syria on Tuesday, a security source said, but the French president did not hear the explosions, the Elysee said, and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon afterwards.