1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1221+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his department pushed for the two crew members of an F-15 who were shot down over Iran in April to participate in Sunday’s highly publicized “60 Minutes” report about the ensuing rescue operation, according…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (918+ words) Saudi Arabia has shut down a key oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones from Iraq, as repercussions of the Iran war widen. The development is more bad news for the Saudi government after the Iran-backed Houthis captured strategic…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (953+ words) Iran-backed rebels in Yemen captured the strategic Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Friday, two Yemeni government sources told CNN, potentially expanding Tehran’s influence over another key global shipping route. A day earlier, the Huthi group captured the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1123+ words) The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Huthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (12+ words) Egypt Independent...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1373+ words) The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency is asking the body to hold Iran accountable for failing to stick with safeguards meant to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, diplomatic officials announced Wednesday. It’s the latest chapter in a more than decade-long…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1484+ words) In offices across the military and in the intelligence community, there have been recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people and facilities typically stationed in the Middle East if the Trump administration succeeds in ending the Iran conflict,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (265+ words) Iran announced on Monday that its negotiations with the Sultanate of Oman regarding the establishment of a safe and temporary shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz have entered their final stages, anticipating an agreement in the coming days. Iranian…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1600+ words) And then, the landscape turns flat: Village after village, home after home, reduced to rubble. This is what Israeli-occupied Lebanon looks like. CNN gained rare access by joining a convoy of residents permitted to move through that occupied territory to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (932+ words) It’s a question President Donald Trump has privately been asking his national security team for months: Why aren’t the Iranian people toppling their leaders? It was an outcome he seemed relatively certain of at the start of the war, convinced…...