Iranians will be "living in hell" if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday in an expletive social media post. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” the US president says in a Truth Social post. He added, “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’
President Donald Trump said Sunday that US forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran, calling it "one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History". The announcement came as Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early Sunday, and a day after Trump said the Islamic republic had 48 hours to cut a deal
As the world marks Easter Sunday, a day traditionally associated with hope, peace, and the triumph of life over death, we do so under the long shadow of war. The illegal and devastating American and Israeli military attacks on Iran, along with Israel’s brutal war in Lebanon and their widening regional and global implications stand in stark contrast
A U.S. service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday. A frantic U.S. search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E Strike Eaglejet on Friday, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the "enemy pilot." "This
The U.S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic shot down a U.S. warplane and promised a reward for whoever turns in the pilot. The plane, identified by Iran as a F-15E Strike Eagle, was one of two attacked Friday, with one service member rescued. It was the
Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the
Iranian and American forces raced each other Saturday to recover a crew member of the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war. Tehran said it had shot down the F-15 warplane, while US media reported United States special forces had rescued one of its two crew members, with the other still missing. Iran's military also
Iran deployed troops and offered a bounty as it launched a hunt for a US pilot whose jet Iranian media said had been downed by the Islamic republic's air defence systems Friday. US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for military operations in the Middle East, did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the first such report in
Iran fired on targets across the Middle East while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic early Friday as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated and the U.N. Security Council prepared to meet over Tehran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Despite claims from the U.S. and Israel that Iran's military capabilities have