Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim they struck a US-owned commercial vessel with missiles.

ISIS-linked militants kill 16 civilians in eastern Congo near Ebola zone, local military official says.

Fighters linked to Islamic State killed 16 civilians in an attack in eastern Congo near where Ebola cases have been recorded, a local military spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier Omar Khodr, 21, in South Lebanon; separate strikes hit vehicles in Tibnin and Khaldeh.

The Lebanese army mourned the death of soldier Omar Khodr, 21, after an Israeli strike hit an army vehicle on the Nabatieh-Kfar Tibnit road in South Lebanon. Additional Israeli strikes targeted vehicles in Tibnin and Khaldeh.

Russian strikes on Dnipro, Kherson, Kramatorsk kill at least 8, wound 30, officials say

Russian strikes on Dnipro, Kherson, and Kramatorsk have killed at least eight people and wounded around 30, according to local authorities. In Dnipro, mourning was declared for a previous attack that killed 16; in Kherson, five died on June 3; in Kramatorsk, three died.

At least 119 Palestinians killed in Gaza in May, highest monthly death toll this year, Palestinian Health Ministry reports.

Israeli forces killed at least 119 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in May, the highest monthly death toll recorded this year, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.