Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Lebanon marks 48 years since Imam Musa Sadr's disappearance in Libya.Updates on the Iran-U.S. escalation11:00 a.m.: A sit-in by the Association of Public Administration Employees in North Lebanon, coinciding with meetings held by the association’s administrative body to demand fair treatment for public administration employees, in front of the Tripoli Serail.People visit the Minab school, which was destroyed by a U.S.-suspected strike on Feb. 28, in Minab, Iran, Aug. 27, 2026. (Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters) Iran retaliates after first US strikes in a month: The U.S. launched its first strikes on Iran in a month overnight, hitting Iranian rocket launchers on a small island near the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Lebanon marks 48 years since Imam Musa Sadr's disappearance in Libya.Updates on the Iran-U.S. escalation11:00 a.m.: A sit-in by the Association of Public Administration Employees in North Lebanon, coinciding with meetings held by the association’s administrative body to demand fair treatment for public administration employees, in front of the Tripoli Serail.People visit the Minab school, which was destroyed by a U.S.-suspected strike on Feb. 28, in Minab, Iran, Aug. 27, 2026. (Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters) Iran retaliates after first US strikes in a month: The U.S. launched its first strikes on Iran in a month overnight, hitting Iranian rocket launchers on a small island near the Strait of Hormuz, claiming...
