UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the killing of a Serbian peacekeeper in southern Lebanon and demanded those responsible be brought to justice, his spokesman has said.

Izz al-Din al-Haddad, whose wife and 19-year-old daughter were also killed, had survived multiple assassination attempts by Israel, according to Hamas sources.

Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing. The call came as world powers gathered amid mounting concern over settlement expansion and violence in the occupied West Bank.

Iranian authorities on Tuesday partially restored internet access after an almost three-month nationwide shutdown imposed during the war with Israel and the United States. While home broadband connections resumed in some areas, mobile internet remained largely blocked, leaving many Iranians still reliant on VPNs to access international websites and social media.

Israel raised its flag over the historic Beaufort Castle, presenting a fresh challenge to the emerging US-Iran deal to extend the ceasefire in the war.

Israel and Iran traded strikes early Israel on Monday in retaliatory attacks that threatened to drag the Middle East back into a regional war. As the hostilities pursued, a massive blast rocked central Tehran, followed by repeated explosions believed to be from air defence systems in the capital. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Washington was “not there yet” on an agreement with Iran but that the two sides were close. The comments came as reports emerged of a tentative deal to extend a ceasefire and ease shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, pending approval from President Donald Trump. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

A small, elite band of mostly current or former senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have consolidated their grip on the country.

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have resulted in the martyrdom of at least five individuals, with assaults persisting despite a "ceasefire" brokered by the United States.

Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian infant and wounded his parents in the south of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry reported.

Predictions that the Middle East war could drive tens of millions more people into acute hunger are proving to be accurate, the United Nations said Friday, warning that higher fuel and food costs linked to the conflict are deepening food insecurity far beyond the region.

US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran are going "very well" and could yield results over the coming weekend.