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Attacks in northern Iraq, anger after Khamenei's death

Iranian strikes and drone attacks targeted northern Iraq, where U.S. troops are deployed, as furious protests raged in Baghdad on Sunday over the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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France 'satisfied' with death of 'bloodthirsty' Khamenei

France can only "be satisfied" with the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes, said government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon on Sunday.

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Hezbollah calls for Dahiyeh rally as defiant Qassem slams Khamenei's killing

Hezbollah vowed Sunday to confront the United States and Israel over their strikes on the group's key backer Iran.

"We will undertake our duty of confronting the aggression," Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a statement, adding that his group would not leave "the field of honor and resistance".

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UK says missiles fired in 'direction of Cyprus' during Iran conflict

Britain's defense secretary said Sunday that "Iranian indiscriminate retaliatory attacks" to U.S.-Israeli strikes included "two ballistic missiles fired in the direction of Cyprus", but which were likely not "targeted" at the Mediterranean island.

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Israel military says 'not aware' of US-Israeli strike on Iran school

Israel's military said Sunday that it was "not aware" of any U.S. or Israeli strike on a school in Iran that Iranian authorities say was hit the previous day, killing over 100 people.

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Israel military says it has destroyed half of Iran's missile stockpiles

The Israeli military on Sunday said it had destroyed roughly half of Iran's missile stockpiles, adding the Islamic republic had been producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles each month.

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Latest developments after US, Israeli strikes kill Iran's Khamenei

Iranian state television confirmed the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched a fresh wave of attacks on Sunday as Israel hit back at the capital Tehran.

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Iran confirms Khamenei's death

Iranian state television on Sunday confirmed the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, without referring to a massive U.S. and Israeli attack on his residence.

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Netanyahu says 'many signs' Iran's Khamenei is dead

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there were signs that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in an attack on his compound as part of U.S.-Israeli strikes.

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US informs Lebanon that Israel has 'no intention' to escalate

The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon informed the country that Israel had no intention of escalating hostilities as long as no attacks were launched from Lebanon, the Lebanese presidency said in a statement.

The message came as Lebanese authorities fear Iran-backed Hezbollah could become embroiled in renewed conflict with Israel after the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran on Saturday and Tehran responded with missile attacks.

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