BREAKING: Europe gas prices surge 50% after Qatari LNG production halts.

NEW: Cyprus seeks British guarantees that bases be used "only for humanitarian purposes."

Source: AFP

BREAKING: All U.S. military bases have been placed on heightened alert under Threat Condition “Bravo,” signaling an increased risk of attack.

Source: ABC

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

We support Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

U.S. Air Force B-1 strategic bombers conducted overnight strikes on above-ground ballistic missile and command-and-control sites in Iran.

Source: Axios

The U.S. embassy in Iraq orders its personnel to shelter in place.

Exiled Iranian Prince Rejects Future Leadership

Reza Pahlavi, son of deposed Iranian Shah, said interviews he is not pursuing kingship or presidency in Iran but is viewed as a transitional leader and stressed strategic ties with Israel and praised U.S. President Trump.

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Hegseth:

Two days ago, under the direct orders of Trump, the Department of War launched Operation Epic Fury — the most lethal, most complex, and most precise aerial operation in history.

Hegseth:

We didn’t start this war. But under President Trump, we are finishing it.

Hegseth:

If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on Earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation, and we will kill you.

Hegseth:

Iran was building powerful missiles and drones to create a conventional shield for its nuclear blackmail ambitions.

Let me say that again: a conventional shield for nuclear blackmail ambitions.

Hegseth on Iran:

Turns out the regime who chanted “death to America” and “death to Israel” was gifted death from America and from Israel.

Hegseth on Iran:

This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change.

Hegseth:

Today, in their desperation, the enemy is unmasked. As Iranian missiles and drones rain down indiscriminately on hotels, airports, apartments, and other civilian targets of their neighbors.

Cowardly terrorist tactics from a regime that, for decades, has trafficked in cowardly terrorist tactics.

Hegseth:

Tehran was not negotiating; they were stalling, buying time to reload their missile stockpiles and restart their nuclear ambitions.

Their goal was to hold us hostage, threatening to strike our forces.

President Trump doesn’t play those games.

Hegseth:

We set the terms of this war from start to finish.

Our ambitions are not utopian. They are realistic.

Hegseth on Iran:

This is not Iraq, this is not endless.

Hegseth on Iran:

No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building, no democracy building... we fight to win and we dont waste time or lives.

Hegseth on Iran:

An effort of this scope will include casualties.

War is hell and always will be.

Hegseth on Iran:

We will finish this on “America First” conditions of President Trump’s choosing — nobody else’s, as it should be.

General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:

This is not a single overnight operation.

We expect to take additional losses.