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19 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: July 22, 2026.
WatchIran launched Arash suicide drones at American installations in Jordan and Bahrain hours after U.S. Central Command reported a 75-minute barrage, and President Trump threatened to hit a suspected nuclear site 'pretty soon.'
WatchPresident Trump warned of "strong" retaliation after three more U.S. service members were killed over the weekend, and the Pentagon is rushing F-16 and F-35 jets to the Middle East as fears of a prolonged war grow.
WatchAmerican forces launched two back-to-back waves of strikes Wednesday, including a 90-minute barrage on Greater Tunb Island, as Iran's Health Ministry said more than 260 people have been wounded and Tehran freed a detained American woman.
WatchTehran said it had shut the world's most important oil chokepoint after firing on a ship, while Washington insisted the waterway remained open and hammered roughly 140 Iranian military targets.
WatchPresident Trump, at the NATO summit in Ankara, declared the month-old ceasefire 'over' as Central Command struck air defenses, radar sites and roughly 60 Revolutionary Guard boats. Iran fired projectiles toward Bahrain and Kuwait and shot down a U.S. drone.
WatchPresident Trump ordered retaliatory strikes and reimposed oil sanctions after Iranian forces attacked three commercial vessels near the world's most important oil chokepoint. Tehran vowed a 'decisive' response as explosions rocked the port of Bandar Abbas.
Analysts see little prospect of President Trump or Tehran backing down after escalating exchanges of fire raise fears of return to all-out war.
Satellite analysis reveals American forces targeted civilian infrastructure, raising questions about potential war crimes as oil prices surge.
Military exchange escalates after President Trump said Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
WatchAmerican warships came under fire from Iranian missiles, drones and small boats; U.S. fighter jets responded by destroying air-defense radars, a drone command station and two suicide drones, even as a fragile spring ceasefire technically holds.
WatchCENTCOM says the “measured and deliberate” strikes near Goruk and Qeshm Island followed the shootdown of an MQ-1 Predator, as Iranian fire wounded U.S. personnel in Kuwait and rattled a fragile ceasefire.
Operation Southern Spear has conducted 53+ airstrikes on vessels since September 2025, with human rights groups, Colombia, and Venezuela alleging many victims were civilians — not drug traffickers.
President Trump announces Navy destroyer seized Iranian-flagged vessel in Gulf of Oman as White House dispatches delegation including VP JD Vance to Pakistan for talks.
Fifteen American service members were among the dead when the guns fell silent — while Iran counted thousands of its own, and Lebanon, Kuwait, and Yemen bore the spillover.
A suicide drone hit Ali Al Salem Air Base — a key hub 37 kilometers from the Iraqi border — as Iran intensified its campaign against Gulf states hosting American forces, hours before Trump's 8 p.m. ceasefire deadline.
WatchIran shot down a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle over Iranian territory and damaged an A-10 Warthog during a rescue mission, while Iranian drones set Kuwait's largest oil refinery ablaze as the conflict enters its fifth week with no end in sight.
WatchSix ballistic missiles and 29 drones struck Prince Sultan Air Base, wounding 12 service members and destroying the Air Force's most advanced airborne radar aircraft for the first time in combat history.
WatchThe USS Tripoli arrived with 3,500 additional troops, explosions rocked Tehran Sunday morning, and White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt acknowledged military preparations while insisting no final decision has been made.
Investigation reveals American forces helped destroy what officials claimed was an armed group's training camp, but residents say it was actually a working farm.