International News from Saturday, August 15th, 2026

Israeli strike kills 9 in south Lebanon, state news reports

At least nine people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency said.
Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory and urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Yemen government says Houthi missiles kill four in port city

Yemen's government said Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port of Mocha on Friday, killing at least four civilians.
At least 47 dead in eastern Indonesia after magnitude 7.7 quake

At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in its latest statement.

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