Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Hospitals Fuel Growing Backlash

USAF Stratotanker Squawks 7700 Emergency Near Doha The fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz flared up Monday and into the overnight hours, with IRGC forces reportedly striking multiple commercial vessels and a UAE oil refinery. The one positive development: with U.S. forces on heightened alert, two U.S.-flagged merchant ships successfully transited the maritime chokepoint as Project Freedom began, marking the first visible move by the U.S. Navy to unfreeze the world's most critical energy corridor. U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said its aerial assets in the Hormuz area...

Iran fired missiles at Israel in response to the IDF bombing Beirut.  “The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that it will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire and aggression against Lebanon. Tonight, the aggressors received their response,” Mohsen Rezaee, the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, wrote on X. “This response is a […]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that the US was issuing a temporary license to allow the sale of Iranian oil amid ongoing talks between the US and Iran in Switzerland in line with the Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ending the conflict between the two nations. “In line with the ongoing productive […]