Our Monday morning stroll around the world

🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran launched a series of airstrikes at Israel, though the vast majority were shot down. Iran’s military launched over 300 drones and missiles on Saturday in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria last month that killed several top Iranian military officials. It marks Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israeli soil. US and Israeli officials said only ~1% of the drones and missiles landed in Israel, causing minor structural damage and no reported deaths, while the others were shot down before reaching Israeli territory. In a phone call following the airstrikes, President Biden told Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that the US won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 A former US ambassador and career official was sentenced for serving as a secret agent of Cuba for decades. Manuel Rocha, who served for 40+ years in a variety of foreign service positions including US ambassador to Bolivia, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to act as an agent of Cuba during his tenure. Rocha’s 15-year prison sentence came six months after his espionage was discovered, with federal officials still investigating the extent of the damage caused by his actions.

🇰🇷 South Korea’s opposition party won parliamentary elections. The main opposition Democratic Party won 175 of the 300 seats in South Korea’s parliament, with the 67% voter turnout marking the highest in a parliamentary election in over three decades. The vote was largely seen as a referendum on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose approval rate has stayed below 40% for most of his two years in office.