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Received — 7 June 2026 News From Antiwar.com

Ceasefire On the Brink of Collapse as Iran Responds to Israeli Attacks on Beirut

7 June 2026 at 21:17
Update 6/7/2026 6:15 PM: President Donald Trump said he will tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to respond to the Iranian attack. “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don’t need […]

Ukraine Conducts Large-Scale Attack on St. Petersburg

7 June 2026 at 19:52
Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia on Saturday, including at Moscow and St. Petersburg. The mass drone salvo was launched as a major international event was wrapping up in St. Petersburg.  The St. Petersburg government ordered residents to shelter in place on Saturday amid a Ukraine drone attack. The city’s mayor reported that three […]

Lebanese City of Tyre Again Ordered Evacuated as Israel Strikes Hospital Area

7 June 2026 at 19:02
Israel has once again issued an order for all residents of the Lebanese city of Tyre to evacuate north of the Zahrani River. Since Israel destroyed all the bridges leading there months ago, such evacuations would be virtually impossible for locals. Israel followed this order up with multiple attacks on Tyre, and for the third […]

Israel Strikes Lebanese Capital of Beirut in Latest Escalation

7 June 2026 at 18:40
Updated 6/7/2026 5:50 PM EST 20 Lebanese have been killed in the last 24 hours as Israel continues to follow its latest ceasefire deal with substantial escalation of military strikes on the country. Sunday’s strikes included multiple Israeli strikes on the suburbs of the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. Two apartment buildings were struck in […]

Trump Says US Troops Will Remain in Middle East Until Deal with Iran Signed

7 June 2026 at 17:14
President Donald Trump says he will not pull US forces out of the Middle East until Iran signs a deal to end the war. He claimed that the American soldiers were not in danger.  In an interview with NBC News released on Sunday, the President said he would not be removing US troops from the […]

Only 12% of Americans Believe the Iran War Has Benefited the Nation

7 June 2026 at 16:05
A new poll found that just over one in ten Americans believe President Donald Trump’s war against Iran has been beneficial for the nation.  A poll conducted by Brookings, released on Friday, found that just 12% of Americans said the war against Iran has had a positive impact on the country. Notably, just one in […]

Pentagon: Israel Ramps Up Spying on Top US Officials

7 June 2026 at 15:58
The Department of War has raised the counterintelligence threat posed by Israel to its top level. The sources said that Tel Aviv wanted intelligence on Washington’s plans for the war against Iran.  The New York Times and NBC News report speaking with multiple sources who said that the Defense Intelligence Agency raised the threat posed […]
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Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill 10, Including High-Ranking Lebanese Officers

6 June 2026 at 20:43
This week’s “new ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanon continues to be highlighted by increasingly aggressive Israeli military attacks across Lebanon’s south, with at least 10 more Lebanese killed today, including three members of the Lebanese military. Given yesterday’s Israeli claim that they have “no hostile intent” toward the Lebanese government, that particular attack is particularly […]

House Passes Bill To Give Ukraine Billions in Additional Military Aid as War Escalates

5 June 2026 at 01:53
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to provide Ukraine with billions in additional military aid and increase sanctions on Russia, a move that comes as the more than four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating. The Ukraine Support Act passed in a vote of 226-195, with 18 Republicans joining Democrats […]

House Blocks Bill Meant To End US Support for Israel’s War in Lebanon

4 June 2026 at 22:32
The House on Thursday blocked a War Powers Resolution meant to end US support for Israel’s war in Lebanon, as Israel’s occupation and destruction campaign in southern Lebanon continues despite several ceasefire announcements. The bill, introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), failed in a vote of 92-324, with just one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie […]

Rubio: ‘Most of the World Assesses’ That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

4 June 2026 at 21:21
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday was asked whether Israel has nuclear weapons and acknowledged that “most of the world assesses that they do,” but also reaffirmed the US policy of not acknowledging the existence of Israel’s nuclear stockpile and secret weapons program. Rubio made the comments when being questioned by Rep. Joaquin […]

US Executes Two Men in Strike Targeting Boat in Eastern Pacific Ocean

4 June 2026 at 19:15
US Southern Command said on Wednesday that its forces bombed another alleged drug-running boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the Trump administration continues the extra-judicial executions at sea. SOUTHCOM said the strike killed two male “narco-terrorists,” a term the Trump administration has adopted in its attempts to justify killing people for an alleged crime […]

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Report: Trump Tells Aides He May Restart Full-Scale Bombing Against Iran If US Troops Are Killed

4 June 2026 at 18:57
President Trump has told his aides that he may restart the full-scale bombing campaign against Iran if US troops are killed, The Wall Street Journal has reported, as the US and Iran have traded multiple rounds of attacks despite a nominal ceasefire. The report came after the president downplayed Iranian attacks targeting US bases in […]

Trump Denounces House Lawmakers as ‘Unpatriotic’ for Passing Resolution To End His War With Iran

4 June 2026 at 18:20
President Trump on Thursday attacked House lawmakers as “unpatriotic” for passing a War Powers Resolution that would direct him to end the war with Iran, which he launched with Israel without congressional authorization, in violation of the US Constitution. The bill passed on Wednesday in a vote of 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining […]

Israeli Attacks Kill Nine in Lebanon as ‘New Ceasefire’ Doesn’t Stop Strikes

4 June 2026 at 17:56
Updated 6/4/2026 7:40 PM EST On Wednesday evening, it was announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a new ceasefire. Officials, of course, have been reporting that there has been a ceasefire between the two sides since mid-April, but several hundred people have been killed in the fighting that’s gone on during that “ceasefire.” […]

Israeli Airstrikes Pound Apartments in Gaza City, Killing Nine, Including Two Women and Two Children

4 June 2026 at 17:51
Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City targeted apartment buildings and killed at least nine people as the IDF’s constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least 15 other people were injured by the attacks, which hit four separate apartment buildings. The al-Shifa Hospital, which received the […]

‘They Were Slightly Provoked’: Trump Downplays Iran’s Attacks Targeting US Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain

4 June 2026 at 00:05
President Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been “slightly provoked” since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. “There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “Some people would say […]

House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution

3 June 2026 at 22:50
Correction on June 4, 2026, at 3:09 pm: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that President Trump could veto the War Powers Resolution. The measure is a concurrent resolution, meaning the president cannot veto it. The House on Wednesday passed a War Powers Resolution that would direct President Trump to end his war […]
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