Iran strikes Kuwait's main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again
Iran strikes Kuwait's main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again Updated June 3, 20262:00 PM ET Originally published June 3, 20262:45 AM ET By The Associated Press People gather on paddleboards in shallow...
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A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. Iran strikes Kuwait's main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again Updated June 3, 20262:00 PM ET Originally published June 3, 20262:45 AM ET By The Associated Press People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP hide caption toggle caption Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed one person and wounded dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the U. that test a fragile ceasefire.
The strike reinforced the risks to residents and travelers in Gulf countries that had considered themselves relative havens before the war, now in its fourth month. Talks have dragged on for weeks as mediators seek a more enduring truce in the U. -Israeli war with Iran.
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They are increasingly strained by Israel's broadening war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Sponsor Message A regional official said Iran wanted a separate ceasefire in Lebanon enforced before returning to talks. President Donald Trump said negotiations continue.
The fighting in Lebanon has also exposed a rift between Israel and the U. , which is pushing its ally for restraint. In a measure of the friction, Trump acknowledged that he'd called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" during a phone call earlier this week.
Nonetheless, both men say their rapport is solid. Iran maintains its hold on the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial waterway for the world's oil and natural gas and related products like fertilizer — and the U. continues its blockade of Iranian ports.
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Global fuel prices remain high, and the effects of the conflict are felt well beyond the region. In Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he, Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio huddled for three hours at the White House Monday as Trump worked on "that final piece" of getting commerce flowing. Rubio, meanwhile, faced grilling in Congress over the war and its economic fallout.
An Indian national is killed at Kuwait's main airport A spokesperson for Kuwait's Defense Ministry, Brig. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, said "a number of hostile drones" targeted a passenger building at Kuwait International Airport. It had opened only Monday after a months-long closure because of the war, which began Feb.
and Israeli strikes on Iran. Sponsor Message India's embassy said the person killed was an Indian national. Authorities said 63 were wounded, including passengers and workers, and some suffered serious injuries.
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