US military hits Iranian radar sites after drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

Kuwait says air defenses firing at ‘hostile’ missiles and drones; air raid sirens sound in Bahrain

Kuwait’s military says it’s responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, days after an Iranian drone strike on the country’s international airport killed one and wounded dozens.

“Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military says on X, without specifying their origin.

“The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces confirms that any explosions that may be heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks,” the Kuwait Army adds.

Meanwhile, air raid sirens have been activated in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain, according to its interior ministry.

Lebanese TV holds rare interview with Israeli journalist

Barak Ravid, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 12 news and US website Axios, speaks with a news outlet in Lebanon in what he describes as the first interview of an Israeli journalist on Lebanese television.

Conversing in English, Ravid is asked about his interview this week with a top aide for Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, who claimed he could guarantee the terror group’s commitment to a comprehensive ceasefire.

“As far as I know the negotiations are still ongoing,” Ravid tells LBCI, adding that he believes Hezbollah’s rejection of the latest ceasefire proposal was a tactical move to strengthen its negotiating position in the US-brokered talks between Jerusalem and Beirut.

I gave a first ever interview to the Lebanese TV network @LBCI_NEWS. Watch my conversation with the great @murat_toni pic.twitter.com/mtFatTmqFb

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 5, 2026

IDF says it downed a Hezbollah drone, 2 others fell in south Lebanon area adjacent to where troops are operating

The IDF says it intercepted a Hezbollah drone and that two others impacted in an area of southern Lebanon where troops were operating, after sirens were triggered in northern Israel.

No injuries are reported.

Sirens sound in several northern towns due to suspected Hezbollah drone

Air raid sirens are activated in several northern Israeli communities near the Lebanon border due to a suspected Hezbollah drone attack.

US military strikes Iranian radar sites after drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

The US military says it carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites in what it calls a defensive action after Iran launched four attack drones toward the Strait of Hormuz.

The US military shot down all of the Iranian drones, saying they “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.” It says the Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites targeted by the US were located in Goruk and on Qeshm Island.

The incident was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in the war and efforts to reach a deal to extend that truce.

Earlier this week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.

US approves potential $1.98 billion sale of counter-drone systems to Kuwait

The US State Department says it has approved a potential sale of counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms and related equipment to Kuwait for $1.98 billion.

The principal contractor for the sale is Anduril, the State Department says in a statement.

Trump: Iran still has 21%-22% of its missile stockpile

US President Donald Trump says Iran still had 21% to 22% of its missiles left, in an interview with NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

“Most of the drone factories have been knocked out, most of the launching pads have been knocked out and most of the missile manufacturing areas have been knocked out,” he says. “But they still have capacity. They have some missiles, they have some drones. I would say percentage wise, maybe 21-22% of their missiles. It’s a lot of missiles, but it’s not what it was when we first attacked.”

Asked why Iran hasn’t yet agreed to a deal despite his claim they are “begging” for an agreement, he says, “it’s a very hard thing for them.”

“They’re strong, they’re proud, there are things that they never thought they’d be doing that they will have to do, they’ve got no choice,” Trump says. “Vietnam lasted 19 years, I’m into my third month.”

US energy secretary says lower gas prices dependent on resolution with Iran

FILE - US Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event, May 4, 2026, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that lowering gasoline and diesel prices will ultimately take a resolution with Iran to get more oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.