Iran hits US military targets in Gulf, buries slain leader Khamenei; 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' singer Bonnie Tyler dies: Singapore live news
Iran has reported military exchanges with the U.S. in the Gulf following the burial of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike. Simultaneously, the music world mourns the death of Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler at age 75.
Why it matters
The report details a significant escalation in Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions alongside the passing of a globally recognized cultural icon.
A vehicle transports the coffin of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February in Israeli and US airstrikes, and coffins of his family members, on the day of their burial, in a culmination of a mass funeral, in Mashhad, Iran, 9 July 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/ Handout via REUTERSVIA REUTERS / REUTERSIran said it attacked US military targets across the Gulf after American strikes hit its southern coastal and eastern provinces, further weakening a three-week-old ceasefire.
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