#military-operations

#military-operations

The US Army has raised the maximum enlistment age to 42 years old and scrapped a barrier for potential recruits who have a legal conviction for marijuana or drug paraphernalia possession.

One trader has made close to $1 million through Polymarket since 2024 after making dozens of accurate five-figure bets on actions that the U.S. and Israel militaries had taken against Iran.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump that Iran's theocratic regime poses a long-term threat to the Gulf and must be eliminated before Operation Epic Fury ends.

We turned down the request to maintain Sri Lanka's neutrality, he added to applause. The US-Israeli war on Iran has sparked widespread concern globally, as Iranian missile and drone attacks across the wider Middle East have sent energy prices soaring and fuelled fears of a widening conflict.

Downing Street stated that ministers agreed to expand the targets for US operations to include protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route.

We are not a party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context. However, we are convinced that once the situation becomes calmer... we are ready, alongside other nations, to take responsibility for an escort system.

I'm hearing they want to talk badly. It's possible. Depends on what terms, possible, only possible. You know, we sort of don't have to speak anymore, you know, if you really think about it, but it's possible.

On September 20, 2025, at around 7 a.m., dozens of children ran through the Simon Pele neighborhood in northern Port-au-Prince. They played among the colorful alleyways controlled for years by the gang of the same name waiting for Albert Steevenson, alias Djouma, to hand out toys as part of his birthday celebration. But quadcopter drones from an official operation, armed with explosives, were also flying through the alleyways with a clear objective: to kill the elusive Haitian gang leader.

Huge fireballs and thick plumes of smoke rose over Tehran after joint United States-Israeli air strikes hit fuel depots in the Iranian capital. Iran's oil distribution company said four of its employees were killed in the blitz, as a dark haze hung over the city on Sunday and the smell of burning oil lingered in the air.

Well, he's not Winston Churchill, let me put it that way. Trump suggested that the British government should cooperate more closely with American military operations, expressing surprise at the Prime Minister's response in the initial days of the conflict.

I think passage of a war powers resolution right now [is a] terrible, dangerous idea. It would empower our enemies, it would kneecap our own forces and it would take the ability of the US military and the commander-in-chief away from completing this critical mission to keep everybody safe.

Sure, Iran will still be able to shoot some missiles and still be to launch one-way attack drones at civilian targets, and their proxies will attempt to attack our embassies, bases and soft targets. They are terrorists, after all. And they need to target civilians because they can't fight toe-to-toe. But we will find them, and we will kill them.

Tapper dialed. Trump answered. The result was a headline: The big one is coming. That's bombshell news both figuratively and perhaps literally. That same day, Jonathan Karl reported that President Donald Trump revealed to him that potential Iranian successors had been killed in the strikes. Bret Baier went on air and told viewers he had just spoken with the president, who updated the number of Iranian leaders taken out from 48 to 49 and walked through the strategic outlook.