US Military Says Aircraft Crash in Iraq Killed Six Crew Members
A US KC‑135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members, the US military said Friday, adding that the incident was not caused by “hostile fire.”
A US KC‑135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members, the US military said Friday, adding that the incident was not caused by “hostile fire.”
The US Treasury Department said it would temporarily allow the sale of Russian oil that is at sea, as energy prices soared after US-Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the crude-rich Middle East into war.
The Israeli military said on Thursday that Hezbollah had fired around 200 rockets at Israel the night before, in what it described as the Lebanese armed group’s “biggest barrage” since the war began.
Falling shrapnel killed one man and seriously wounded another in central Israel on Monday, first responders said, as blasts rocked the area after the military said missiles were fired from Iran.
Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its new supreme leader with a barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf on Monday, as the war sent oil prices soaring.
Merz said a total collapse of the Iranian state would spread chaos, a point he also stressed speaking at a trade fair in Munich.
Israeli air strikes left behind massive destruction in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday morning, with the Israeli military saying it had destroyed Hezbollah targets.
Israel’s police and domestic intelligence agency on Thursday issued a warning over attempts by Iranian services to infiltrate and recruit Israelis online.
Iran has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude and considerable supplies of liquefied natural gas travel.
Iranian authorities shut off internet access on Saturday after Israel and the United States began air strikes, plunging the country into an information blackout.