In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes and watching the sky for missiles streaking overhead.

(Reuters) -Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, damaging an apartment building, sparking fires and injuring up to 16 people, city officials said.

Meanwhile Donald Trump says his early G7 exit has "nothing to do" with an Israel-Iran ceasefire, as fighting between the two nations enters a fifth day.

The IDF has identified that missiles were recently launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel. Eight missiles were fired in the latest barrage. The public is requested to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command.

Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner's trip for counterterrorism training in Israel is canceled after Israeli airstrikes in Iran.

Protector specialises in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions but can also carry out strike operations.

Two American destroyers have launched missile interceptors over the past few days, a US official told Business Insider. Another one just arrived.

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said in a post on X that the U.S. Embassy will remain closed Monday, with an order for staff to shelter in place still in effect. He added that there has been “some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy Branch in Tel Aviv,