NewsFeed Sirens blared in several cities in Jordan as Iranian missiles were intercepted. Jordanian Armed Forces confirmed at least eight missiles were intercepted. Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
U.S. forces launched another round of strikes against Iran in response to Tehran attacking commercial ships in or near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said Wednesday afternoon. “The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway,” CENTCOM said in an X post. The latest salvo came hours after President Donald Trump said he may no longer be interested in even trying to reach a deal with Iran. Trump earlier Wednesday had declared the fledgling U.S. ceasefire agreement with Iran “over” in light of renewed hostilities in the strait, and said he may order more military attacks. “I’m not sure I want to make a deal with them,” Trump said of Tehran during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, where he had traveled to attend a summit of the NATO military alliance. “We can play games, but I’m not sure I want to make a deal,” Trump said, adding, “Let’s just finish the job.” The president had been asked why …
Damascus was rocked on Tuesday by explosions during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first European Union leader to visit the country since forces led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa deposed Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. A separate bomb explosion at a Damascus cafe last week killed at least nine people. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Eighteen people were reported injured in the latest explosions on Tuesday, which occurred after an initial device that security forces were defusing near the French president’s hotel detonated, followed by a second explosion some minutes later, the state news agency, SANA, reported. Al-Sharaa’s government has faced innumerable challenges since al-Assad’s ouster two years ago. Having taken control of a bitterly divided country wracked by years of civil war, which served as a theatre for outside actors such as Russia, Iran, and its various allied Shia militias, joblessness remains high and the rule of law uncertain. While responsibility for the recent spate of bombings remains unknown, conjecture is centring upon the remnants of the ISIL (ISIS) …
A tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, the British military said Monday. The tanker reported being hit while traveling south out of the narrow waterway off the coast of Limah in Oman, U.K. Maritime Trade Operations said in a post on X. The monitoring agency, which is part of Britain’s Royal Navy, said no casualties or damage were reported and authorities are investigating. It did not specify the name of the tanker or type of projectile that hit. Source link
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts One month after his return to office, President Trump purged the senior ranks of the U.S. military. He started at the very top. Charles “C. Q.” Brown Jr., a four-star general and fighter pilot who became the second Black person confirmed as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2023, was no longer a good fit for the job. Nor was Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the Navy. Several top lawyers across the military were pushed out too. “This is a reflection of the president wanting the right people around him to execute the national-security approach we want to take,” Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary, said at the time. The purge quickly revealed an ideological feature of the Trump administration: diversity is a weakness. The military has historically been a powerful force for integration in America—even as its highest ranks have been slow to reflect the racial makeup of …
A former Marine says in a new book that military veterans running for office can bring Washington the courage to work across party lines. Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here in the United States, we have another story about military service and service beyond the military. A group called With Honor calls itself cross-partisan. It encourages veterans to run for office. They’ve counted the number of vets running for federal office since 2018, and this year, more are running than ever, with the number of women running double what it was in 2024. RYE BARCOTT: I think there is a desire to serve at a time when the country needs it. It’s a core part of the veteran ethos. INSKEEP: Rye Barcott cofounded With Honor and wrote a new book, “Courage Can Save Us.” NPR’s veterans correspondent Quil Lawrence sat down with him. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Rye Barcott served in Fallujah, Iraq. He said he saw the difference between courage and bravery there. His gunnery sergeant – that’s a senior enlisted rank – was undoubtedly brave. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare frontline appearance late Friday, donning green military fatigues, to claim breakthroughs in Russia’s war effort and counter what he called Ukraine’s “information and propaganda operation on illusory battlefield results.” Source link
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom left, who is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) poses for photos with newly promoted generals Wang Shuguang, top left and Wang Gang, top right while Zhang Shengmin, Vice Chairman of the CMC stands at the right in Beijing, on Friday, July 3, 2026. Li Gang/Xinhua via AP hide caption toggle caption Li Gang/Xinhua via AP BEIJING — China’s military promoted two officers to the rank of general in what may be a precursor to a reorganization at the top following the removal of several of its leaders in a long-running anti-corruption drive. The shake-up is believed to be in part an effort to ensure the military’s loyalty to China’s ruling Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. Xi, who is also head of the military, presented orders promoting Zhang Shuguang and air force commander Wang Gang to generals at a ceremony Friday. Zhang was also named the head of the division investigating corruption at the Central Military Commission, the …
A wave of Ukrainian long-range drones has struck the St Petersburg region overnight, hitting an oil terminal and a Baltic Sea port in one of the largest deep-strike operations against President Vladimir Putin’s home city. Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko said air defences shot down 72 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the region on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck oil infrastructure funding Russia’s war effort and also hit the Kronstadt naval base in St Petersburg, calling it “an important military target”. The operation, conducted approximately 900km (560 miles) from Ukrainian-held territory, triggered widespread local disruptions. “Zelensky’s attempt to cause damage to civilian targets in the Russian Federation will not go unanswered by the armed forces of Russia,” Moscow’s defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday, adding that Russian defences had downed more than 500 aerial targets, mostly drones but also 10 Flamingo missiles. Russian authorities briefly halted flight operations at Pulkovo Airport and throttled municipal mobile internet networks to jam the drones’ …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused more than 2 million military casualties, with Moscow’s forces bearing the brunt of the losses, according to an American thinktank. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates that between 400,000 and 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, out of a total of 1.4 million casualties that were killed, wounded or are missing. Ukrainian forces have meanwhile suffered between 125,000 and 150,000 fatalities out of between 525,000 and 625,000 casualties during the same period, CSIS said on Wednesday. “Russian fatalities in Ukraine are more than four times greater than all US fatalities in all wars combined since world war two,” it added, while the ratio of Russian to Ukrainian casualties has likely risen to about eight to one in the first half of this year. Source link
