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Trump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy' over Lebanon war

They went to war together against Iran, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship is under strain after the U.S. president reportedly called the Israeli premier "crazy."

Trump unleashed a profane tirade over the phone at Netanyahu over Israel's threats to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, fearing it would undermine talks with Tehran, the Axios news outlet and ABC News reported.

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Fire sweeps through New Delhi building, killing at least 21 people

A fire swept through a building in a New Delhi neighborhood Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others, police said.

The building in the Malviya Nagar neighborhood in the southern part of the city had a restaurant on the ground floor and a hotel above. The predominantly residential area is densely populated and is popular with students and young professionals.

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Ukrainian drones set fire to a St. Petersburg oil terminal ahead of Putin visit

Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as the Russian city hosted an annual international economic forum promoted by President Vladimir Putin.

The drones flew more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to hit the terminal, Zelenskyy said on social media. Clouds of black smoke rose over the city's port after the attack.

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UN chief proposes options to help end Lebanon conflict after peacekeepers leave

The United Nations chief has proposed three options to help end the decades-old conflict between Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel when the 8,100-member U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon ends on Dec. 31.

All of the options presented to the U.N. Security Council by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres would continue U.N. military monitoring of the boundary between Israel and Lebanon, support Lebanese forces in deploying throughout the country and strengthen political efforts to end the fighting, which has persisted despite a nominal ceasefire.

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Israel's weapons exports reach a record high with sales doubling in the past 5 years

Israeli weapons exports reached a record high of more than $19 billion last year, a 30% increase from 2024, Israel's Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

More than half of 2025's sales were "mega-deals" valued at $100 million or more, the ministry said, adding that sales have more than doubled in the last five years, despite widespread criticism of Israel's conduct in its wars in Gaza, with Hezbollah and with Iran.

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Iran's inflation hits World War II levels, deepening economic pain

Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic worries about the war with Israel and the United States restarting.

A report Monday by Iran's Central Bank represents the first official acknowledgment of what Iranians shopping, paying for a taxi or visiting a medical clinic already know: The rial currency is battered by the war and uncertainty around it resuming.

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Ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are stretching the term's meaning

Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. So why is there still so much fighting?

In just the last few weeks, Israeli forces have captured more territory in Gaza and killed two top Hamas militants there, as well as more than a dozen other people. In Lebanon, Israeli troops captured a Crusader fortress over the weekend in their deepest incursion in 26 years, as Hezbollah kept up rocket fire into northern Israel.

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Hezbollah targets Israeli troops near Hadatha

Hezbollah said Tuesday its fighters fired anti-tank missiles on Israeli troops who were pushing into the southern village of Hadatha, about 7 kilometers from the Israeli border.

Sirens sounded in several areas in northern Israel, the military said in a statement, adding that "a suspicious aerial target" was identified in the area in which Israeli soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon, and that no injuries were reported.

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Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 14, traps others in damaged buildings

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 14 civilians and wounding more than 100 others, authorities said Tuesday.

Some people were trapped under the rubble of apartment buildings, including a 3-year-old child whose body was pulled out by emergency crews in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said, as the attack stretched from night into day and the boom of explosions reverberated across cities.

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Israeli strike kills father, son and daughter, returning to Qlayaa after university exams

A strike on a car on the Khardali road in south Lebanon killed a man, his son and his daughter, who were students, as he drove them back from university exams in Beirut to the southern border village Qlayaa, where some residents were still holding out despite Israeli evacuation orders.

Theodosia Karam, the daughter, had exams at the Lebanese University in Hadath and left with her father and brother after Israel threatened Beirut's southern suburbs. They drove to their hometown, Qlayaa.

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