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Israeli Forces Fatally Shoot Palestinian Parents, 2 Children

Authorities say troops in West Bank town felt threatened

(Newser) - Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian couple and two of their young children in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. The family's car came under fire in the town of Tammum, near Tubas in the northern West Bank, while a joint operation by the...

FCC Chair Jumps on Trump's Media Criticism

Brendan Carr says stations will lose licenses if they air distorted war coverage

(Newser) - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission again is dangling the ultimate penalty over broadcasters, this time for how their news operations are covering the war with Iran. Brendan Carr threatened on social media Saturday that TV stations could lose their licenses if they continue to air "hoaxes and...

JD Vance's War Skepticism Is Becoming an Issue

VP has long opposed foreign interventions, and he reportedly warned against Iran conflict

(Newser) - The longer the Iran war continues, the more attention is being paid to a potential rift between President Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the fallout. Politico reports that Vance advised against the war beforehand, quoting a senior Trump official as saying Vance is "skeptical," "worried...

Top General Warned of Strait Closure Before War

Trump acknowledged the risk, opted to go forward, reports Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal suggests that President Trump underestimated Iran's ability to throttle the Strait of Hormuz. Its story reports that Trump's top general—Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—warned the president in multiple briefings that Tehran would close the vital shipping lane...

Trump Pressures Allies to Help Secure Strait of Hormuz

After attack on embassy, US tells Americans to leave Iraq

(Newser) - President Trump called Saturday in a pair of posts for an international naval effort to secure oil shipping lanes severely restricted by Iran. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "many countries" would dispatch warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure it remains "open and safe," urging...

Trump Email Offers to Trade Security Briefing for Donation

Solicitation includes official photo of dignified transfer at Dover

(Newser) - President Trump's political action committee is offering donors what it describes as access to his "private national security briefings" in a fundraising email built around an image from a recent dignified transfer of fallen American soldiers at Dover Air Force Base. The message, sent by Never Surrender Inc....

2 EU Nations Are Reportedly Talking With Iran Over Hormuz

Officials tell FT that France, Italy have moved to restart Gulf energy flows without escalating conflict

(Newser) - European leaders are quietly testing a diplomatic side door around the Strait of Hormuz crisis. France and Italy have opened exploratory talks with Iran over securing safe passage for commercial ships, hoping to restart oil and gas flows through the narrow waterway without sliding deeper into the regional war, officials...

Trump: US Bombed Iran's Key Kharg Island Oil Hub

Strike raises stakes in Hormuz standoff, global oil markets

(Newser) - President Trump says the United States has hit what may be the most valuable piece of real estate in Iran's energy network. In a Truth Social post on Friday night, the president claimed that American forces bombed Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, calling it Iran's "crown...

More Marines, Warships Are Headed for Middle East

USS Tripoli is going after Bessent suggested escorts for commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - The US is sending more Marines and warships to the Middle East as tensions with Iran intensify around a key global shipping route, American officials said Friday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized a request from US Central Command for part of an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary...

Europeans Rip US Move Easing Russian Oil Sanctions

Merz, Macron, Zelensky say Trump administration's decision was a surprise to them

(Newser) - European leaders have delivered a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration over its move to loosen the grip on Russian oil in an attempt to slow the rapid rise in energy prices. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday that the US decision to temporarily relax sanctions and let stranded Russian...

Tourist Filmed Missile Strike in Dubai, Then Got Charged

UAE cybercrime charges have been lobbed against at least 20

(Newser) - A tourist's video habit has landed him in serious trouble in Dubai. The Guardian reports that a 60-year-old visitor from London is among 20 people charged in the United Arab Emirates under cybercrime laws after authorities found a video of an Iranian missile strike against Dubai on his phone,...

All Six Crew Members of US Plane Were Killed

Military refueling aircraft went down in Iraq

(Newser) - All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran are dead, the US military said Friday, after their plane crashed in western Iraq . The US Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in "friendly airspace,...

US Weighs Risky Move: Navy Escorts Through Strait
A Tough US Question:
Navy Escorts in Hormuz?
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A Tough US Question: Navy Escorts in Hormuz?

Military is 'simply not ready yet,' says energy secretary

(Newser) - One big unknown in the Iran war is whether the US will begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Soon after the conflict began, President Trump said the US Navy would do so if it becomes necessary, notes Axios . With...

Hegseth: Khamenei Is 'Wounded,' 'Likely Disfigured'

As Trump says Iran's new leader is 'damaged,' 'probably alive in some form'

(Newser) - Iran's new supreme leader is alive but apparently not unscathed, according to top US officials. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Mojtaba Khamenei has been injured in the ongoing US-Israeli campaign, telling reporters the "so-called, not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured." He added that Washington is "on plan to defeat,...

4 Crew Members Found Dead After US Plane Crashes in Iraq

Central Command says efforts are underway to find the other 2 aboard refueling plane

(Newser) - The US military's Central Command said Friday that four of six crew members of an American KC-135 refueling plane that went down in Iraq have been found dead and that recovery efforts were ongoing to find the other two.
  • "The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However,
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Iran Launches New Wave of Attacks on Gulf States

'Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,' Trump warns

(Newser) - Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones targeting Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases, and President Trump threatened major new retaliation.
  • "Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and
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Meloni Condemns US-Israel Strikes on Iran

Italian leader demands probe into 'massacre' at Iranian girls' school

(Newser) - Italy's prime minister just put the US and Israel on notice while insisting she won't be dragged into their war with Iran, the Telegraph reports. Giorgia Meloni told Italy's Senate that US and Israeli strikes on Iran fall "outside the scope of international law" and stressed...

New Iranian Leader Issues a Defiant First Statement

Mojtaba Khamenei vows to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed

(Newser) - Iran's new supreme leader has used his debut public statement to double down on a crisis that's already rattling oil markets. Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday backed the continued shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz , calling it a lever to "pressure the enemy," and warned that all...

Iran's Government Looks to Be Holding

US and Israeli strikes fail to significantly weaken ruling regime: Reuters

(Newser) - Iran's government is taking heavy hits but, for now, it isn't wobbling, according to US intelligence. Three sources who have seen recent assessments tell Reuters that a wide range of reports point to the same conclusion: Iran's ruling system remains coherent and in charge of the population, despite nearly two...

Analysis: Prepare for 'Prolonged' Hormuz Shutdown

US reluctance to escort tankers results in standstill, with no solution in sight

(Newser) - Oil isn't just flowing more slowly out of the Persian Gulf—it's barely moving at all, and nobody's sure when that might change. Intensifying Iranian strikes in and around the Strait of Hormuz, combined with a US reluctance to send in warship escorts, have effectively frozen traffic...

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