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Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist, looks at a turtle in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre in August 2002.
Jihad Seqlawi
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Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after Israeli airstrike on her home
Jane Arraf
Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, right, meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026.
Nathan Howard
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Policy and Politics
Trump threatens to 'hit Iran very hard again' while Vance in Switzerland for talks
Chandelis Duster
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier practices military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026.
Andriy Andriyenko/Ukrainian 65 Mechanized brigade
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AP
Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales
The Associated Press

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