Iranian airline refused landing in Beirut

The Unites States designated four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, the State Department said.

Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, according to a report from state media on Wednesday that identified him as Babak Shahbazi.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday accused Israel of being “determined to go all the way” in its war in Gaza and unwilling to engage in “serious negotiations” toward a ceasefire. He went further, calling the situation in Gaza “morally, politically and legally intolerable.”