Despite a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, Israel renewed its military strikes in southern Lebanon and urged local evacuations in Beirut. The ongoing conflict continues to cause major global instability and disruption.

Israel renewed its strikes in southern Lebanon and urged residents in parts of Beirut to evacuate on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the US-Iran truce does not extend to the war against Hezbollah. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by ⁠Pakistan, potentially suspending a six-week-old war that has killed thousands, spread across the Middle East and caused unprecedented disruption to the world’s energy supplies. Both...