The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile

Pakistan Declares 'All-Out War' Against Afghanistan, Hundreds Dead In Overnight Clashes With Taliban Overnight, Pakistan launched airstrikes across Afghanistan, including targets in the capital of Kabul, soon after which Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif by Friday morning declared an "all-out war" between the two countries. Hours prior to the commencement of airstrikes and heavier clashes, Afghan Taliban forces reportedly attacked Pakistani border troops Thursday night in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes earlier in the week. A Pakistani military spokesman has said that 274 Taliban fighters have been killed and more than 400 injured...

US Removes Sanctions On Iranian Oil Stranded At Sea To Boost Overall Supply On Thursday, Scott Bessent told Fox News that the US is considering unsanctioning Iranian oil, thereby making the 140 million barrels stuck on Iranian tankers, available to any buyer in the world and not just China, to ease the supply-chain bottlenecks that emerged after the Strait of Hormuz was blocked. In doing so, another formerly sanctioned US nemesis would be allowed free access to global markets, after Russia received a similar "temporary" permit a week earlier.  "In the coming...

President Donald Trump says that Iran must agree to halt its nuclear enrichment program for 20 years to end the war. The position is a climb-down from Trump’s prior demand that Tehran permanently end its enrichment program.  A US official told Axios that during talks in Pakistan, the US proposed a deal where Iran agreed […]