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A major Iranian aerial attack heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 60 others. According to the Kuwaiti Defense Ministry, Iran fired 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones at the country, making the assault one of Tehran’s biggest attacks on a Persian Gulf neighbor since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took effect in April.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Iran targeting its Persian Gulf neighbors, local elections in South Korea, and Ukraine’s strategically timed attack on Russia.

A major Iranian aerial attack heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 60 others. According to the Kuwaiti Defense Ministry, Iran fired 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones at the country, making the assault one of Tehran’s biggest attacks on a Persian Gulf neighbor since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took effect in April.

Kuwait will “neither accept nor tolerate” continued Iranian attacks on its soil, Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said, adding that it was expelling two Iranian diplomats in response. The airport, which briefly closed following Wednesday’s attack, had just reopened two days earlier after being shuttered for months due to the Iran war.

In a Wednesday post on X, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote, “Our Armed Forces are conducting self-defense strikes on sites the U.S. is permitted to use to attack civilian shipping and violate the ceasefire.” The post included a video of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio telling Congress that U.S. allies in the region, such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, “have been very cooperative” in the war effort.

Also on Wednesday, the U.S. military said it intercepted several Iranian attacks on Bahrain and carried out a new round of “self-defense” strikes on southern Iran, including on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command denied Tehran’s claims that Iranian forces had hit the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as well as a U.S.-linked vessel identified as the Panaya.

Experts warned that Wednesday’s attacks could jeopardize ongoing peace talks. U.S. President Donald Trump maintains that negotiations are ongoing. In a podcast interview........

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