At Least 12 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Israeli Strikes on Eastern Lebanon

Meta Ordered To Pay $567 Million In New Mexico For Children's Mental Health Fund A New Mexico state judge on Aug. 6 ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a fund dedicated to remedying the harm caused to children’s mental health by the company’s social media platforms. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. State judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a 68-page order that most of the total youth mental health fund, or $420 million, would go toward treatment services for children harmed by social media. The remainder of the...

Trump: Iran's Response A "Piece Of Garbage", Puts Ceasefire "On Life Support" Summary US President blasts 'piece of garbage' Iran response, says ceasefire on 'life support'. Trump mulls restarting Project Freedom in Hormuz and says forcibly retrieving 'nuclear dust' is still on the table, oil jumps on headline. Iran Foreign Ministry: "Everything we proposed in the text was reasonable and generous." However, US officials insist on their "unreasonable demands." Saudi Arabia condemns Iran for its latest drone attacks targeting the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait on Sunday. Qatari LNG tanker abruptly U-Turns In Hormuz chokepoint after earlier in weekend...

Kuwait Pounded By Iranian Barrage As Oil And Desalination Plants Come Under Attack Kuwait was bombarded overnight in one of the fiercest Iranian retaliatory strikes since the US-Iran conflict erupted in late February, with missiles and one-way drones targeting power infrastructure and other critical energy assets. Local outlet Kuwait News Agency reports an unspecified site of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation suffered "significant material losses" as the week-long flare-up in Gulf tensions has derailed any near-term normalization of tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz. There was a report that the Al-Subiya power...