No leakage of radioactive materials reported in the area in central Iran, Tehran's atomic energy organisation says
The Israeli Air Force targeted Iran’s internal security forces, known as the Basij, after they had set up traffic checkpoints in multiple areas across Tehran. Israel’s military announced on Thursday that it had been targeting the Basij soldiers manning those checkpoints “during the past day,” after conducting “the extensive strike on the most central assets […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sending an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Axios on Friday. Why it matters: The deployment will add thousands of Marines, several warships, and F-35 fighter jets to support those already in the region, the U.S. official said. The U.S. official said U.S. Central Command asked for the new force in order to have more options for military operations against Iran. The Marine expeditionary unit will be able to conduct ground operations if ordered. The U.S. official declined to comment on that possibility. Driving the news: The Marine expeditionary force is moving into the region as Iran continues to target traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, driving up global oil, shipping and insurance prices. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that U.S. Navy escorts for commercial ships in the Strait could begin "soon." Bessent said the disruptions have already cost the U.S. $11 billion.Sources with knowledge said that before such escorts would begin, the U.S. military is planning potential operations for taking out land-based anti-ship missiles that the Iranians have deployed in the Strait area. 13 U.S. military members have died in the conflict as of Friday, following the crash of a refueling tanker aircraft in Iraq. What they're saying: "We're on plan to defeat, destroy, disable all of their meaningful military capabilities at a pace the world has never seen before," Hegseth insisted in a news conference Friday. "But it's not just that Iran doesn't have a functioning Air Force, or that their entire Navy is at the bottom of the Persian Gulf, or their missile force is shrinking daily.""They also don't have the ability to build more. That's the most important component I'd like to emphasize today," he said.Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine said that U.S. Central Command will continue to "destroy the Iranian Navy to ensure freedom of navi
Violence erupts in several states after one of the most powerful cartel leaders in Mexico is killed in army operation
The State Department said it would order a block of any transactions with 14 vessels said to transport Iranian oil
At least 31 people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated in a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, one of the country’s deadliest attacks targeting the capital in recent history. While Pakistan has been plagued by sectarian violence in recent years, it has largely been restricted to the ethnic Baloch areas in […]
President Donald Trump took executive action on Thursday to create the White House Great American Recovery Initiative in order to better coordinate the country’s national response to addiction. “Many of those with me today have personally known the heartache of a loved one taken by drug or alcohol addiction,” Trump told reporters in the Oval […]
President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, his second pick for the role that’s been vacant since August
Feb 18 (Reuters) - The United States is in the process of withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing three U.S. officials. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Last week, the U.S. military said it completed a withdrawal from a strategic base in Syria, handing it over to Syrian forces, in the latest sign of strengthening U.S.-Syrian ties that could enable an even larger American drawdown
The FBI formally rejected Minnesota state investigators’ request to access evidence related to Alex Pretti’s death that occurred during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-related operation, according to officials. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has sought to access evidence and information related to the federal government’s investigation into Pretti’s Jan. 24 death. On Monday, BCA […]
The brothers of Renee Good, Luke and Brent Ganger, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that their lives have “forever” changed following the fatal shooting of their sister in Minneapolis by immigration enforcement personnel. During testimony in front of Democratic lawmakers, Luke Ganger said the fatal shooting of his sister on Jan. 7 was […]