DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran on Sunday, with direct strikes targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles blamed for the deaths of four people and injuries of many others.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Saturday that, unlike the February strike by King Soopers workers, the Safeway/Albertsons walkout will begin on a more limited scale.

The Israeli attack, which comes amid an unprecedented exchange of strikes between Israel and Ansar Allah's Axis of Resistance coalition ally, Iran, was reported by a number of Israeli outlets as well as Saudi Arabia's Al-Hadath network.

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee denounced the Israeli strike as a “reckless escalation” that risks a broader war. “Israel’s alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence,

Nearly 1,000 union workers at Duke Energy Indiana are preparing for what they’re calling an “imminent work stoppage” over a contract dispute with the Plainfield-based utility.

Israel has tried to convince the U.S. to get involved as both Israel and Iran escalate their strikes on each other.

Israeli search crews attempted to rescue people at several sites hit by overnight Iranian strikes around the country. In the central Israeli city of Bat Yam, three people remain trapped under rubble,

Some Victorian commuters will this morning find themselves stranded for the second time in a matter of weeks as bus drivers strike.