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The Air Force has clarified this week that the final paycheck of Maj. Alex Klinner — a KC-135 refueling aircraft crew member killed in a March crash in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran — would include hazard pay and…
2026-09-04 · 5 MIN READOil prices climbed for a fourth consecutive day on September 4 as the resumption of fighting in the Middle East revived concerns about prolonged tightness in global petroleum supplies, while Nomura analysts resumed coverage of…
2026-09-04 · 3 MIN READSen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) shows little interest in his Senate duties beyond cultivating conservative media ties and advocating for Israel, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on interviews with more than a dozen former…
2026-09-04 · 4 MIN READThe Pentagon is extending troop deployments in the Middle East as the U.S. military campaign against Iran enters its seventh month, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal said Pete Hegseth had promised a quick, decisive blow that…
2026-09-03 · 3 MIN READOil prices slipped Thursday while Asian equity benchmarks advanced, tracking gains on Wall Street from the prior session. Brent crude fell to $95.26 a barrel after a week of renewed U.S.-Iran fighting pushed prices sharply higher, while…
2026-09-03 · 3 MIN READThe US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, reigniting direct military hostilities after the six-month conflict had shifted to an economic standoff. Iran responded with counterstrikes targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait,…
2026-09-02 · 3 MIN READThe USS Abraham Lincoln's crew of 5,000 began arriving in Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday for their first shore leave in nearly nine months, ending a record-setting 270 days at sea. Sailors came ashore in civilian clothes to a welcome from…
2026-09-02 · 3 MIN READMexican security forces killed Luis Enrique Barragán Chávez, the leader of the Los Reyes Cartel and the target of a U.S. State Department reward of up to $3 million, in a shootout in western Michoacán, Public Security Secretary Omar García…
2026-09-01 · 5 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal's Politics newsletter reported Monday that the United States is attempting to inflict "so much economic pain that Iran surrenders," according to newsletter author Damian Paletta. Paletta, the WSJ's Washington…
2026-09-01 · 3 MIN READOil prices climbed Tuesday as renewed fighting in the Iran war, after more than a month with no significant combat, pushed traders to reassess the geopolitical risk premium on crude, according to the Associated Press. Asian shares traded…
2026-09-01 · 3 MIN READU.S. forces struck Iranian launch sites Sunday that were preparing to fire rockets used to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, American forces said. Tehran responded by firing a salvo of missiles at Jordan — home to thousands of…
2026-09-01 · 4 MIN READAsian shares and U.S. stock futures declined Monday while oil prices surged nearly 3% after U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, the first American military action in the area in about a month. Brent crude…
2026-08-31 · 3 MIN READArab Gulf leaders have written off 2026 as an economic loss as the war between the United States and Iran enters its seventh month, with no clear American path to bring the fighting to an end, according to people familiar with their…
2026-09-04 · 4 MIN READLebanese President Joseph Aoun said in Athens on Monday that Lebanon's stability is essential to Europe's, calling on Greece to help ensure the full implementation of the June 26 U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel…
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Japan's Ministry of Defense said Monday it is requesting 8.9 trillion yen, roughly $55.6 billion, for the fiscal year beginning in April 2027, with officials citing China's growing military might and what they describe as the most severe…
2026-08-31 · 4 MIN READNorth Korea's Foreign Ministry on Monday accused the United States of pursuing a "denuclearization" racket and a "human rights" smear campaign against the DPRK, in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. A ministry…
2026-08-31 · 5 MIN READIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that an unidentified supertanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz struck two sea mines, caught fire and came to a stop. The announcement came days after President Donald Trump and U.S.…
2026-08-31 · 4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said the United States would "hit them hard" after Iran struck U.S. bases in Jordan following U.S. military strikes on Iranian forces on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The exchange marked the first…
2026-08-31 · 3 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Russia has escalated a campaign of drone incursions, sabotage, cyberattacks and other hostile actions against European allies, with the pace of documented incidents rising to about 15 per…
2026-08-30 · 4 MIN READThe USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the U.S. Navy's largest warships, sailed past Singapore early Sunday as it headed home after a deployment to the Middle East in support of the U.S. war against Iran. Associated Press journalists on the…
2026-08-30 · 4 MIN READA federal judge in San Jose, California ruled Friday that the Trump administration is unconstitutionally using deportation powers to silence critics of Israel's war in Gaza. U.S. District Judge Noël Wise struck down portions of the federal…
2026-08-29 · 4 MIN READDavid Maxwell, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel who specializes in Northeast Asian security affairs, published an opinion column in UPI on August 29 opposing what he characterized as a proposed 'achievable' agreement between…
2026-08-29 · 5 MIN READThe Pentagon has informed Kurdish leaders that the Trump administration does not plan to renew an expiring security-assistance agreement with the Peshmerga, the Kurdish forces that fought alongside US troops to defeat the Islamic State…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READA U.S. charter flight deported 57 people — 51 men and six women — to Haiti's Cap-Haïtien International Airport on Thursday, the second such flight in eight days, Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported. The deportations follow the…
2026-08-28 · 4 MIN READThe U.S. military said it has cleared Iranian sea mines from international shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, a step President Trump has framed as restoring freedom of navigation through the vital energy route. Iran immediately…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READOil prices held near $90 a barrel on Friday as the Trump administration told mediators the United States will not return to the temporary peace terms it agreed with Iran in June, the Wall Street Journal reported. The position follows an…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering summoning hundreds of senior military personnel back to Marine Corps Base Quantico this year for a second address, according to U.S. officials. The potential gathering would echo last…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READThe Trump administration has told mediators it has no interest in returning to the terms of a memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran in June, people familiar with the matter said, leaving this week's efforts to restart talks…
2026-08-27 · 5 MIN READColombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Wednesday formally ended predecessor Gustavo Petro's 'Total Peace' security strategy, revoking legal protections for peace-talk participants and ordering the extradition of five leaders of…
2026-08-27 · 3 MIN READNorth Korea's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned U.S. approval of a possible $125 million sale of Sidewinder missiles to South Korea, warning of a "serious, immediate and powerful response" in a statement carried by state media.
2026-08-27 · 3 MIN READQantas Airways reported a 14% drop in annual underlying pretax profit to A$2.06 billion on Thursday, attributing the decline to elevated jet-fuel costs tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. The Australian carrier said the U.S.-Iran conflict…
2026-08-27 · 3 MIN READPulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photojournalist Slava 'Sal' Veder, best known for his 1973 photograph of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam,…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READSeven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge received 30-day sentences and $1,000 fines Friday after felony charges against them were dropped, closing the criminal case over a protest against Israel's war in Gaza.
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor for nationals of another country, on Friday, citing Musk's role in shipping Starlink satellite…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READCIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence services during an unannounced Tuesday visit to Moscow, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin did not participate in the…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READRobert Gilman, a U.S. Marine veteran, returned home this month after more than four years in Russian custody, the Associated Press reported. His release has drawn attention to other Americans who remain detained in Russia, some of whom…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READAsian equity benchmarks rose in early Wednesday trading as investors tracked ongoing talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely shut down because of the war in Iran. Oil prices also fell, with benchmark U.S. crude…
2026-08-26 · 3 MIN READAn oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency reported, as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a campaign dubbed…
2026-08-25 · 5 MIN READThe USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier will dock in Thailand next week for "rest and recreation," a Thai official said Tuesday, ending a stretch of more than 200 days without a port call. The carrier left the Middle East on Saturday…
2026-08-25 · 3 MIN READLed by a petition signed by 86 parliamentarians, Lebanon is pressing to keep UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon or secure a U.N.-backed replacement force as the mission's mandate approaches expiration at the end of 2026. The campaign…
2026-08-25 · 4 MIN READAn unidentified projectile struck an oil tanker off Oman's coast early Tuesday, disabling the vessel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. The UKMTO said it received a report of the strike at about 12:25 a.m. local…
2026-08-24 · 3 MIN READU.S. forces struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific on Monday, according to U.S. Southern Command, killing two people the Pentagon identified as drug traffickers. The death toll from the Trump administration's boat-strike campaign in…
2026-08-24 · 3 MIN READUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Financial Times opinion piece that Washington would sever all economic ties with Iran in what he called "the single greatest financial offensive ever" and "an economic D-Day," writing that the…
2026-08-24 · 4 MIN READThe Iran war has consumed roughly half of U.S. prewar stocks of key missile interceptors, including Patriot and Thaad systems, according to a Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate reported by The Wall Street Journal,…
2026-08-21 · 5 MIN READEcuador's Defense Ministry said Friday that it is conducting joint military operations with U.S. Southern Command against drug cartels in the coastal province of Esmeraldas, near Ecuador's northern border with Colombia. Defense Minister…
2026-08-21 · 4 MIN READOil futures extended a multi-day rally on August 20, 2026, after President Donald Trump said the United States would impose "unprecedented economic measures" against Iran and warned of consequences for any country that offered Iran…
2026-08-20 · 4 MIN READIsrael’s military announced Wednesday that it had opened its first criminal inquiries into Gaza troop conduct, covering the February 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and the March 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian…
2026-08-20 · 4 MIN READOil prices rose for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, with Brent crude trading above $91 a barrel as talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz stalled and after Iran fired two ballistic missiles toward the strait and struck a bulk…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READMax D. Lederer Jr. announced Tuesday he will retire as publisher of Stars and Stripes at the end of September, ending a decades-long career at the military newspaper, the Associated Press reported. In a memo to staff obtained by the AP,…
2026-08-19 · 3 MIN READHouthi militants have intensified attacks along Yemen's Red Sea coast, shutting operations at the strategic port of Mokha and pressing closer to the Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint, The Wall Street Journal reported. The militant group's recent…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READOil futures settled higher on August 18, 2026, as the United States and Iran both claimed control of the Strait of Hormuz. West Texas Intermediate settled up 2.5% at $84.50 a barrel and Brent rose 2.7% to $90.87, according to Dow Jones…
2026-08-18 · 5 MIN READThe British Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations center reported Tuesday that a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz outbound from the Persian Gulf was struck by an unknown projectile, damaging the engine room and leaving at least one…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READWASHINGTON — Cybersecurity company Atalanta has released 'Argo,' an AI-assisted product that incorporates the technology instrumental in securing Viasat's satellite communications network after a 2022 Russian cyberattack disabled thousands…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READDescendants of the Navajo Code Talkers are criticizing a New Mexico plan to build a scaled-down museum about the wartime code at the Navajo Preparatory School campus in Farmington, with a groundbreaking set for December. The plan replaces…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READRussia's Foreign Intelligence Service accused intelligence agencies of an unnamed Western country, working with Ukraine, of preparing an operation to portray Moscow as an illegal weapons supplier to drug cartels and organized crime groups…
2026-08-17 · 4 MIN READGuardian foreign affairs columnist Simon Tisdall argued in an August 16 analysis that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is failing to fulfill his diplomatic duties as multiple global crises intensify. The assessment arrives as Israel rejects…
2026-08-16 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said Friday he would "pretty soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States, asserting that the US already controls the waterway through its existing blockade. Speaking at a police training…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READThe National Park Service opened Honouliuli, the largest and longest-operating of Hawaiʻi's 17 known wartime detention sites, to public guided tours for the first time on July 18. The monthly pilot program runs through the end of 2026 with…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READHundreds of Navajos were recruited by the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II to create a code based on their then-unwritten language, a program that played a vital role in U.S. victories in the Pacific War. On Aug. 14, a crowd is…
2026-08-14 · 4 MIN READIsrael's Ministry of Tourism reported 32,500 American visitors in June, a 73 percent increase from the same month a year earlier, when Israeli airspace was closed during a 12-day war with Iran. Ministry and Central Bureau of Statistics…
2026-08-14 · 3 MIN READIsraeli troops entered the West Bank village of Qusra early Thursday after Israeli settlers had besieged three Palestinian homes since Sunday, trapping two Palestinian families and five Italian nationals, The Wall Street Journal reported.…
2026-08-13 · 3 MIN READPresident Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz, but ship-tracking data shows just 14 vessels crossed the waterway on Tuesday — a fraction of the more than 130 ships a day that transited before the…
2026-08-12 · 4 MIN READAsian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, led by a 4% jump in South Korea's Kospi on renewed buying of computer chipmakers, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.…
2026-08-12 · 3 MIN READU.S. under secretary for policy Elbridge Colby said Monday in Manila that Washington is making Asia its top defense priority and strengthening a 'deterrence by denial' posture along the First Island Chain, while a leading defense analyst…
2026-08-11 · 4 MIN READAn internal Pentagon assessment sent to Congress shows that three U.S. strikes on Yemen in April 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 more — the first formal acknowledgment by the Trump administration of the scale of civilian…
2026-08-11 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said Iran should pay compensation for damages and deaths he attributed to the country, adding the demand to future negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. His comments followed Iran's demand that the United…
2026-08-11 · 3 MIN READAdnoc Logistics & Services reported record second-quarter profit of $917 million, up from $229 million a year earlier, as conflict-driven shipping disruptions drove up chartering rates and demand for the Abu Dhabi-based maritime logistics…
2026-08-11 · 3 MIN READHeavy U.S. use of Patriot and other advanced missile interceptors in the war with Iran has sharply reduced American stockpiles, raising concerns about air-defense readiness in South Korea and elsewhere in Northeast Asia. Recent U.S.…
2026-08-09 · 4 MIN READIran has replaced its top security official with another commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a spokesman for President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday. Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei,…
2026-08-09 · 3 MIN READThe Pentagon is pressing U.S. military contractors to produce weapons and munitions 'significantly faster' as the country's stockpile dwindles amid the Iran war, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. Deputy Defense Secretary…
2026-08-08 · 3 MIN READThe leaders of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense agreement Friday in Mecca, establishing a collective defense clause that commits each nation to treat an attack on one as an attack on all three. Turkish President…
2026-08-07 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump will convene executives from some of the world's largest mining companies at the State Department on Friday as his administration intensifies efforts to secure domestic and allied supplies of critical minerals,…
2026-08-07 · 3 MIN READIsrael escalated its attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after two soldiers were killed by an explosive device, complicating the latest round of U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli and Lebanese diplomats in Rome. The round, which…
2026-08-06 · 5 MIN READMultiple news outlets reported this week that the United States had used almost all of its stockpile of long-range precision missiles in attacks on Iran, a claim President Donald Trump dismissed Thursday in a social media post while vowing…
2026-08-06 · 3 MIN READDonald Trump's Board of Peace has awarded a prospective construction contract for a 150-person military outpost in Gaza, according to a source familiar with the matter who spoke to The Guardian. The contract has not been finalized, and the…
2026-08-06 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump told a reporter on July 23 that he was “considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before” on Iran and was “close to making a decision,” then called the attack off on July 27, according to a Guardian US column…
2026-08-05 · 4 MIN READNissan Motor, Marriott International and Clorox reported effects from the Iran conflict on vehicle sales, travel demand, energy, commodities, freight and supply chains. The companies described higher costs and weaker demand in parts of…
2026-08-04 · 3 MIN READIsraeli attacks killed at least 14 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including four children, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The strikes came as the top envoy for President Donald Trump's Board of Peace said his team is working…
2026-08-03 · 4 MIN READMaisoon Ali, a 60-year-old Palestinian American who retired to the West Bank village of Deir Dibwan from Vienna, Virginia, said three young men attacked her home on June 14 with bottles of flammable liquid and set fires to furniture and…
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