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The United States is allowing Iranian oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday.“The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world,” Bessent said in an interview CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in Paris. The Treasury secretary is in France to hold trade talks with China. *** “We think that there will be a natural opening that the Iranians are letting out, and for now we’re fine with that. We want the world to be well supplied,” Bessent said. President Donald Trump is...

A special report by the National Center for Combating Antisemitism in Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry on Monday morning revealed the existence of a new militant organization called "Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya" (Ashab Al-Yamim). The group has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks against Jewish institutions in Europe in recent days. According to the report, the organization is behind an explosion near a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, an attack on a Jewish site in Greece, the arson of a synagogue in Rotterdam, and the detonation of an explosive device outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. Although most of the...

U.S. forces in the Middle East have begun deploying A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, commonly known as the “Warthog,” to counter Iranian strike drones, according to data released by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), News.Az reports. The aircraft, traditionally used for close air support and battlefield strike missions, are now being integrated into operations aimed at protecting U.S. forces and allied assets from drone threats across the region. CENTCOM data indicate that the A-10 jets are being used to provide direct fire support to ground forces while also intercepting and destroying Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles and their launch teams. The move...

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The Pentagon has ordered a Marine expeditionary unit with about 2,200 Marines and three Navy amphibious warships from Japan toward the Middle East, a significant new U.S. force movement amid tensions tied to the war with Iran. U.S. officials told ABC News that the deployment centers on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, a forward-deployed force based in Japan that normally operates in the Indo-Pacific. At the center of the movement is the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, led by USS Tripoli, an America-class amphibious assault ship. USNI News reported that the Tripoli had been operating in the Philippine Sea earlier this...

All six crew members aboard a US KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq on Thursday have been confirmed dead, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced today. In a post on social media, CENTCOM stated, “All six crew members aboard a US KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased." .....

The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump’s national security team failed to fully account for the potential consequences of what some officials have described as a worst-case scenario now facing the administration, the sources said. And now it may be weeks before the administration’s efforts to alleviate the intensifying economic fallout take hold, officials said Thursday, including high-risk naval escorts of oil tankers through the strait that the Pentagon...

The Pentagon is redeploying the USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship to the Middle East as the American military works to dislodge Iranian influence over the vital Strait of Hormuz. The Tripoli, which resembles an aircraft carrier but is smaller and operates closer to shore, is departing Japan with an attached Marine expeditionary unit consisting of roughly 5,000 Marines and sailors, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will take about two weeks to arrive in the Middle East, Fox News chief national sec Jennifer Griffin reported, adding that a smaller contingent of about 2,500 Marines are...

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Following an over two-week trial, nine members of a North Texas Antifa cell have been convicted of charges that include providing material support to terrorists regarding an attack on the Prairieland ICE detention facility on July 5, 2025. After two days of deliberation, the jurors delivered guilty verdicts for Benjamin Song, Savanna Batten, Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, Daniel Ronaldo Sanchez-Estrada, Zachary Evetts, Cameron Arnold, also known as Autumn Hill; and Bradford Morris, also known as Megan Morris.

Following the escalation of conflicts, reports indicate that IRGC and Basij checkpoints were targeted in several Iranian cities in drone attacks. According to official Iranian government sources and field reports, the attacks have left significant casualties among the security forces. Fars news agency, affiliated with the IRGC, announced that preliminary investigations show that Israeli drones have flown to target checkpoints in Tehran. According to this report, at least 10 security and Basij forces stationed at checkpoints were killed in the attacks on the evening of Wednesday, March 13, in several parts of the capital, with many more wounded. According to...

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri receives more than $500,000 per month from the Islamic Republic in order to support Tehran's interests and those of its allied group Hezbollah in Lebanon, informed sources told Iran International. Officials in Tehran say the sums are important to “buy” unity among Lebanon's Shiite leadership to ensure that they “act in compliance with Iran's interests, not Lebanon's interests.” Nabih Berri did not respond to Iran International's request for comment. One of his advisers said that Berri would not comment on the matter at this time. Berri has not publicly opposed Hezbollah attacks on Israel in...

The Iran war shows to be entering a new phase as attacks exceedingly target checkpoints and street-level security units, while witness reports sent to Iran International suggest any of those positions are moved or missed after their locations are exposed. For days the conflict had focused narrowly on military bases, missile sites and command facilities, partially in southern Iran, as part of the US-Israeli side campaign that has driven thousands of targets across the country since the war began on February 28. But since Wednesday evening, reported drone strikes on checkpoints in Tehran have pointed to a parallel line of...

The Israeli military is using a new method to launch drone swarms over Iran targeting security forces in domestic response, familiar sources with the material gold of Iran International. [In fierce] attacks on Wednesday night, Israel carried out precision drone strikes against [religious] militia checkpoints that had been set up across Tehran in recent days. Informed sources gold Iran International that the Israeli military is carrying out such operations through a new method what uses a flying platform acting as a “mother launcher” to deploy drones equipped with artificial intelligence and a large database of targets. Israel makes extensive use...

Iran's armed forces are facing acute supply shortages, rising deserts and deepening friction between the regular army (Artsh) and the revolutionary guards, [say] informed sources [about] a military system under growing train as the war intensities. Among the most serious allegations are reports that were founded army personnel have been denied assistance by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), that some frontline units are operating with minimal ammunition, food and drinking water, and that attempts to mobilize reserve forces have failed. sources said that regular army units are sufficient significant casualties but that IRGC personnel have been returned to transport...

The FBI has warned California’s governor and law enforcement agencies about the possibility of an Iranian drone attack targeting the state due to information acquired last month. The bureau authorities issued the alert at the end of February, which noted that they had information that, as of earlier that month, before the current Middle East war, Iran sought to “conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United States Homeland,” according to ABC News.

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Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries surprised President Trump Thursday by awarding him the Order of Ikkos medal during White House women’s history month event with Melania Trump. “Every Olympic medalist in the United States gets an Order of Ikkos that they get to hand to somebody in honor and recognition of somebody who’s made a meaningful contribution to their journey to the podium, because Olympic medals are never achieved alone,” Humphries explained. “I’m so honored to present this, my Order of Ikkos medal, to you, Donald Trump,” she revealed. Humphries, who took home two bronze medals at the Milano Cortina...

A heroic ROTC student fatally stabbed the crazed gunman who opened fire inside an Old Dominion University classroom Thursday, preventing further carnage, law enforcement sources said. Shooter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, gunned down an instructor before the unidentified cadet jumped into action during the frantic scene on the Virginia college campus, according to sources. Jalloh, who was previously convicted of trying to support ISIS, walked into the classroom and asked if it was an ROTC class, sources told The Post. When someone told him it was, he began his trail of bloodshed, which the FBI is investigating as an act...