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US Strikes Targets in Iran as Exchanges Escalate
US Launches More
Strikes in Iran
Jun 27, 2026 5:48 PM CDT

US Launches More Strikes in Iran

Iranian state media calls it a ceasefire breach

(Newser) - The US military said it struck several sites in Iran early Sunday local time, describing the strikes as a direct response to an earlier attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The flare-up marks the fourth straight day of tit-for-tat action that analysts said could strain already...

Amid Shaky Mideast Ceasefire, a 'Flagrant Threat'

Iran launches drone strikes against Bahrain, a likely response to an overnight attack by the US

(Newser) - Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack on Saturday, likely Tehran's response to overnight airstrikes by the United States. The attacks across the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control,...

US Strikes Iran Again as Trump Says Tehran Must 'Pay the Price'

Trump threatens renewed bombing if Tehran resists accelerated negotiations

(Newser) - The US and Iran edged closer to open conflict overnight as Washington launched another round of strikes and Tehran claimed to hit back, the New York Times reports. US Central Command said the attack began Wednesday at 5:15pm ET (12:45am Thursday in Iran), with Tomahawk missiles and jets...

In the Gulf Region, a 'Serious Escalation'

Bahrain, Kuwait accuse Iran of attacking them with drones, missiles

(Newser) - Bahrain's government said on Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait. The nation's Foreign Ministry said they'd been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbors, per the AP . Kuwait's Foreign Ministry called the attacks a...

Satellite Images Tell a Bigger Story on Iran's Strikes

Washington Post analysis suggests Tehran has hit more US assets than reported

(Newser) - US bases in the Middle East have taken far more hits from Iran than Washington has acknowledged, according to a new satellite-based investigation by the Washington Post . Reviewing more than 100 high-resolution images released by Iranian state media and cross-checking them with European and commercial satellite data, the Post found...

Military Shares American Toll of 'Operation Epic Fury'

Most injuries are being described as minor

(Newser) - American forces have taken significant hits in the conflict with Iran , according to a new US military tally. US Central Command says about 200 US service members have been wounded since the launch of "Operation Epic Fury," with spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins noting most injuries were minor and...

Iranian Drones Hit Amazon Data Centers

Company says facilities in UAE, Bahrain were damaged

(Newser) - Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's vulnerability to conflict. The company's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, said late Monday that two data centers...

Arab Nations Fend Off Iran Missiles After US-Israel Strikes

A civilian is dead in UAE, while Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan also report intercepting Iranian missiles

(Newser) - One person is dead in the United Arab Emirates after Iranian ballistic missiles rained down on Saturday, Emirati officials say. State media reports that the civilian was killed by falling debris from missiles the UAE says it intercepted, per the Wall Street Journal . The explosions were heard in both Dubai,...

Activist Plans to Risk Prison for Father Jailed in Bahrain

Maryam al-Khawaja says government's promise of prison reform is a ruse timed to US visit

(Newser) - In early August, more than 800 prisoners launched Bahrain's largest-ever hunger strike, demanding access to life-saving medical care and other improved conditions in the country's largest prison. That strike was paused Monday—two days before Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa's scheduled visit to Washington—as...

Google Doesn't Have All the Answers, Pope Says

Francis counsels young people after Mass for 30K in Bahrain

(Newser) - Pope Francis shifted gears Saturday in his visit to Bahrain to minister to the Gulf's Catholic community, presiding over a huge open-air Mass and then meeting with young people to give them a bit of fatherly advice: Don't just Google your questions about life decisions, he told them....

'We’re Here This Afternoon to Change the Course of History'

President Trump presides over signing of historic pacts by Israel, UAE, Bahrain

(Newser) - Declaring “the dawn of a new Middle East,” President Trump on Tuesday presided over the signing of historic diplomatic pacts between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new order in the Mideast and cast him as a peacemaker at the height...

Trump Touts 'Another Historic' Mideast Deal

Bahrain is the latest Arab nation to recognize Israel

(Newser) - Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East, per the AP . Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone...

Giuliani Butt-Dials Journo: 'We Need a Few Hundred Thousand'

NBC News' Rich Schapiro got not one, but 2 accidental calls from Trump's personal attorney

(Newser) - The Washington Post calls it "the butt dial heard round the world," courtesy of Rudy Giuliani. NBC News reporter Rich Schapiro relays the president's personal attorney recently called him accidentally not once, but twice—the first time on Sept. 28 while Schapiro was at a relative's...

Top Navy Commander in Middle East Found Dead

Scott Stearney was found at his Bahrain residence

(Newser) - The admiral leading American Naval forces in the Middle East turned up dead at his Bahrain residence Saturday, CNN reports. Vice Adm. Scott Stearney's death is under investigation, but media reports say there's no evidence of foul play. "This is devastating news for the Stearney family, for...

4 Arab Nations Cut Ties to Qatar
Arab Nations Cut Ties to Qatar 
Jun 5, 2017 6:33 AM CDT

Arab Nations Cut Ties to Qatar

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, others accuse Gulf country of backing extremist groups

(Newser) - Six Arab nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar early Monday, further deepening a rift among Gulf Arab nations over that country's support for Islamist groups. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia first made the move, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya, reports the BBC . The nations were...

7 Americans Freed in Middle East

3 went missing last month in Iraq; 4 were arrested recently in Bahrain

(Newser) - Seven Americans have recently been freed in separate incidents in Iraq and Bahrain. In Iraq, three Americans who were abducted last month in Baghdad have been freed by the Iraqi intelligence service, three anonymous officials tell the AP . They are now in the custody of the US Embassy in Baghdad....

Bahrain Arrests 4 Americans in National Protests

Interior Ministry says alleged journos gave 'false info,' were in 'unlawful gathering'

(Newser) - Protesters took to the streets of Bahrain Sunday on the five-year anniversary of the kingdom's uprising, and officials say four Americans who were in the midst of it in Sitra were arrested, NBC News reports. The charges for the three men and one woman: giving "false information" to...

Fallout Deepens Over Saudi-Iran Rift
 Fallout Deepens Over 
 Saudi-Iran Rift 
The rundown
Jan 4, 2016 5:03 AM CST

Fallout Deepens Over Saudi-Iran Rift

Bahrain severs ties with Tehran as US worries about effect on ISIS fight

(Newser) - The fallout in the Muslim world over Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shiite cleric is only getting worse. After Iranian protesters broke into the Saudi embassy in Tehran to protest, Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iran, and now Bahrain has done the same, reports the BBC . The United...

Woman Gets Year in Jail for Ripping Up King's Photo

Human rights activist found guilty of 'insulting' Bahrain's King Hamad

(Newser) - The daughter of a well-known Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail for delivering the ultimate insult to her country's king: ripping up a picture of him, Reuters reports. Zainab al-Khawaja, 32, lost her appeal on a conviction for tearing up a photo of...

New Pan-Arab News Channel Lasts a Few Hours

Early guest may have been too controversial for Bahrain

(Newser) - A new Pan-Arab news channel backed by a billionaire Saudi prince stopped broadcasting from its base in Bahrain today, just hours after it went on the air and carried an interview with a prominent opposition activist. The Alarab television station said on its official Twitter feed that it halted coverage...

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