U.S. strikes Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting warships
The U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer.
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The U.S. struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer.
Iran responded to a warning from President Trump with claims of new strikes against U.S. forces in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
The Justice Department is planning to try to use a legal regime last used during the Spanish-American War to speed up the seizure of ships and their cargo during the Iran conflict.
The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.
U.S. forces announced new strikes against targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, marking another round of attacks as the U.S. and Iran return to hostilities.
As the war passes the six-month mark, neither side showed any sign of backing down.
As U.S. economic pressure bites, Iran touts a plan with Oman to get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz and suggests the next move is Trump's.
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Analysts say without meaningful sanctions against China, Iran will likely survive this latest round of financial punishment.
The Trump administration is trying to pull all economic levers at its disposal to cripple Tehran.
The attack happened the same month Iranian-linked hackers are believed to have targeted the water systems of a dozen U.S. states.
The new head of Iran's supreme national security council issued the warning to countries who join the U.S.'s economic war on Tehran.
The effectiveness of a bolstered economic campaign against Iran may rest largely on one close U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates.
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The aircraft carrier and its 5,000 crew members will return to San Diego after an approximately nine-month deployment.
President Trump said Wednesday the U.S. might return to negotiations with Iran eventually, but he said currently "the situation is so good."
The 60-day deadline for the U.S. and Iran to negotiate a peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz expired, with no agreement in sight.
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have disputed concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
Meanwhile, Israel is being condemned by Lebanese leaders for strikes in the south that killed at least 11 people, including children.
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier departed Vietnam last week and is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to a U.S. official.
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for nine months, and sailors have maintained a grueling pace amid the war in Iran.
Tehran has asserted that the Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management" after President Trump said the U.S. might "keep it."
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with about 10 Palestinian American residents who described the impact of the violence on their lives and properties.
Recently elected President Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the attack.
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Guyana is one of more than 30 nations that have now signed deals with the Trump administration as part of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with about 10 Palestinian American residents who described the impact of the violence on their lives and properties.
Recently elected President Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the attack.
The painting was among the artworks looted and sold under duress to Nazi officials from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker after Adolf Hitler's Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940.
The rescue brings the total to three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.
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