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Members of the Chinese Coast Guard and Philippine Navy clash with oars and sticks near the LST-542-class tank landing ship BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57), which was purposefully beached in 1999 on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
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Additional footage from both sides showing clashes earlier today between the Chinese Coast Guard and Philippine Navy near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal located in the South China Sea.
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In a notable announcement, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot has said that two French diplomats were apprehended by Iranian authorities yesterday for โseveral hours,โ and were interrogated. Per the statement from Foreign Minister Barrot, 1 of the diplomats was physically assaulted during the interrogation process. France has condemned the action, saying that the two diplomats worked in French support for local civil and social society, adding that the move by the Iranians will not go without consequences.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has provided an update on the ongoing naval blockade of Iran, announcing that U.S. forces have now redirected seven commercial vessels and disabled one that failed to comply with blockade measures.
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1stLt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii was identified earlier today as one of the fatalities from last weekโs Iranian ballistic missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. 1stLt. Feehan was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Following a recent interview where New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that there were โactive conversationโ in his office about whether to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in September for the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has now stated in a post on Truth Social:
โBenjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America. He is fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which recently killed 52,000 innocent protestors, and has spent the last 47 years killing American Soldiers, and others. The only ones that should be arrested are the people that led Iran into this unprecedented SPIRAL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, something that should have been dealt with years ago, by previous Presidents! President DONALD J. TRUMPโ
โBenjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America. He is fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which recently killed 52,000 innocent protestors, and has spent the last 47 years killing American Soldiers, and others. The only ones that should be arrested are the people that led Iran into this unprecedented SPIRAL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, something that should have been dealt with years ago, by previous Presidents! President DONALD J. TRUMPโ
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Wild video footage shows a strike by a Ukrainian โHornetโ one-way attack drone on a Russian mobile air defense team in Eastern Ukraine.
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UKMTO has provided an update on the Maltese flagged vessel, Kavomaleas, that was struck by an Iranian projectile and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Per the report, as the fire is still raging, the crew has abandoned the vessel and has been picked up by a tug boat. The vessel is currently without power and adrift.
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The White House has stated that President Trump will attend the dignified transfer Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base for several U.S. Servicemembers that were killed over the past week during the most recent round of hostilities with Iran, including a pair of Soldiers that were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile attack last Friday in Jordan.
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Ballistic missile launches earlier today against Bahrain, by Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), from the Lar Missile Field in the Fars Province of Southern Iran.
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The U.S. State Department has released a report, titled โCuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism,โ with a commensurate statement by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This comes against the backdrop of increased diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and Cuba, as export controls, sanctions, and de-facto blockades of energy imports have severely beggared Cubaโs economy.
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The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reports that the Iranian ballistic missile strike on Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base that killed at least two U.S. service members struck containerized housing units (CHUs).
According to the report, the fatal strike was one of three missiles to reach the base within a 24-hour period, highlighting the challenge of defending against Iran's evolving ballistic missile and drone capabilities despite extensive U.S. air defense assets in the region.
This video, which has circulated widely on social media, purportedly shows the moment a ballistic missile struck Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base over the weekend. The footage appears to have been filmed from the vicinity of the CHUs, though the exact location and authenticity of the video have not been verified.
According to the report, the fatal strike was one of three missiles to reach the base within a 24-hour period, highlighting the challenge of defending against Iran's evolving ballistic missile and drone capabilities despite extensive U.S. air defense assets in the region.
This video, which has circulated widely on social media, purportedly shows the moment a ballistic missile struck Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base over the weekend. The footage appears to have been filmed from the vicinity of the CHUs, though the exact location and authenticity of the video have not been verified.
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A U.S. official has told @BarakRavid that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is not currently interested in revamping the now defunct MOU framework through diplomatic processes, as he is โfocused on making Iran pay for breaching the memorandum of understanding and for continuing its terrorist acts in the Strait of Hormuzโฆ[and] for killing the American soldiers in Jordan.โ Per Ravid, citing the official, upscaled strikes on Iran will continue until President Trump โdecides otherwise.โ
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Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs Sean Parnell confirmed to CBS News' @JenniferJJacobs that nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured in Iranian attacks across the Middle East since July 7. According to Parnell, 96% have already returned to duty.
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