Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a site in Iraq’s Kurdistan region that it alleged was being used by Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency to plan “terrorist” attacks against Iran. The Iranian-backed Houthi militant group struck a U.S.-owned container ship in the Gulf of Aden, U.S. Central Command said, in a move that further escalated tensions

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save MOSCOW — Over the first eight days of December, civilian Russian airplanes experienced at least eight serious mechanical failures, terrifying many passengers as pilots were forced to make emergency landings in cities across the country. The incidents did not kill anyone, but they illustrate the

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HERZLIYA, Israel — “Quiet on the set, QUIET ON THE SET!” barks a tall woman dressed in black, with cropped dark hair and headphones. A hush settles over the airy studio. Cameras hum, spectators fidget. There’s a mechanical grind, a puff of smoke and then

A Houthi missile hit a U.S.-owned ship An anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthi fighters struck the Gibraltar Eagle, a U.S.-owned cargo vessel, off the coast of Yemen yesterday. The ship and its crew, which had been headed toward the Suez Canal, were not seriously harmed, according to the U.S. military’s Central Command. The ship

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