BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 1,530 from 1,497 a day ago, with 4,812 injuries, the Lebanese Public Health Ministry reported Tuesday.
The death toll included 102 women and 130 children, as well as 57 health workers, the ministry said. (Lebanon-Israeli Attacks)
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BUDAPEST -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the United States has largely achieved its military objectives against Iran, while warning that Tehran faces a narrowing window to enter negotiations or risk further economic hardship.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Vance said Washington would continue efforts to curb Iran's weapons production capabilities. (U.S.-Iran-War)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday morning that Iran's "whole civilization will die tonight," a deadline he set for Iran to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a possible sharp escalation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social. (U.S.-Iran-Threat)
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TEHRAN -- At least two people were killed and three others injured as a railway bridge in Iran's central province of Isfahan was attacked Tuesday by the United States and Israel, the official news agency IRNA reported.
The bridge is located in Yahyaabad village in Kashan County, the IRNA quoted Akbar Salehi, Isfahan's deputy governor for political and security affairs, as saying. (Iran-U.S.-Israeli Attack) ■
