Three men working for an American security contractor say the United Arab Emirates paid them to carry out targeted killings in Yemen. One of their targets is suing them in U.S. federal court.
President Trump suggested that Iran’s current leaders were “much more reasonable” as he sought to show progress in his war aims. Iran’s power structure appears firmly in control despite a month of U.S.-Israeli attacks.
Diplomats from around the region met in Pakistan, and the U.S.-Israeli bombardment hit a southern Iranian port, killing at least five people, Iranian state media said.
A wave of strikes across the Middle East in recent days shows that Iran has not lost the capacity to retaliate.
Israel accused one of the reporters of being a Hezbollah operative. Lebanon’s president said they were journalists and condemned the killings.
The combined missile and drone attack amounted to one of the most serious breaches of American air defenses in the course of the monthlong war with Iran.
The combined missile and drone attack was one of the most serious breaches of U.S. air defenses so far in he monthlong war with Iran.
Investigators said the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa had done little to address the extrajudicial killings and torture of Druse civilians in July 2025.
President Trump pivoted after escalating threats. Israel also announced it had killed an Iranian commander leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz to almost all shipping traffic.
G.O.P. lawmakers who have given the Trump administration wide latitude to wage war with no congressional input are growing frustrated as officials offer little detail about ground troops, cost or timeline.