The United States military carried out multiple strikes on four boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said.
The United States on Wednesday (local time) struck an alleged drug vessel, an eighth such attack by the US, on the Pacific side of South America, according to Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, as reported by CBS News.
Speaking at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday beside the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, Trump praised the Navy's efforts to combat what he called "cartel terrorists", noting that another vessel had been hit on Saturday (local time).
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the UNGA that Israeli and US forces crippled Iran's military in a June war, praised US President Trump's "decisive action," and urged the UN Security Council to reinstate snapback sanctions, warning Iran's enriched uranium stockpile "must be eliminated."
Iran reaffirmed its right to enrich uranium ahead of a key meeting with European powers threatening new sanctions. The move follows recent Israel-US strikes and global criticism. Iran says talks with the US depend on trust-building, while denying any nuclear weapons intent, Al Jazeera report
"All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service and, if Iran wanted to do so, they would be much better off starting anew, in three different locations, prior to those sites being obliterated, should they deci
The Pentagon now believes that recent Israeli and American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have pushed back Tehran's atomic ambitions by up to two years.
Donald Trump said U.S. strikes set back Iran's nuclear plans "by decades" and vowed not to let Iran get nuclear weapons. He also criticised reports questioning the attack's impact and confirmed a halt in Canada trade talks over taxes and a pending sale of TikTok, Al Jazeera reported.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed the US exaggerated the impact of strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, declared "victory" in the 12-day war with Israel, and warned of future retaliation, while US and Israeli officials insisted Iran's nuclear program had suffered serious setba
US President Donald Trump said US-Iran talks may happen next week after a ceasefire, but Iran denied it and vowed to continue its nuclear program. Trump claimed US strikes destroyed Iran's nuclear sites, while Iran questioned US intentions and moved to limit cooperation with international
Amid reports that the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites had caused minimal damage to the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, the Central Intelligence Agency, citing a "body of credible intelligence", confirmed that the strikes by Washington had "severely damaged" Tehran's key nuclear faci