Iran is preparing for another potential showdown with President Donald Trump, and Tehran is now threatening to expand the conflict across the Middle East, launch ground incursions into neighboring countries, sink American warships, and kill U.S.
Erdogan does not mince his words.
Kiev is starting to see shortages of a wide variety of produce in grocery stores and markets.
Russia may retaliate against UK-EU ships in the Pacific or anywhere else in the world, Putin says.
Iran said on Saturday that negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are close to completion, but made new demands from the US, including an end to the Naval blockade. Oman is currently negotiating with Iran to reach an agreement on the use of the Strait of Hormuz, which is crucial to ending the US blockade.
US Central Command announced on Saturday that US forces disabled another oil tanker sailing toward Iran for violating the US Navy blockade of Iranian ports. Video from the mission released by CENTCOM shows US forces conducting a “verification boarding” on a Comoros-flagged tanker in the Arabian Sea and attacking a Mozambique-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it “attempted to violate the blockade multiple times.” WATCH: The disabled tanker is “no longer transiting to Iran,” and the Comoros-flagged tanker is “now continuing its journey,” CENTCOM announced.
CENTCOM launched strikes against Iran for the 13th consecutive night on Thursday.
On July 22, 2026, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on two Saudi oil tankers, the Encelia and Layla, transiting the Red Sea.
The US Senate on Thursday rejected an Iran war powers resolution to restrain President Trump in a 47 to 49 vote.
US Central Command announced on Wednesday that US forces completed a twelfth consecutive night of attacks to degrade Iranian military capabilities.
The US military on Wednesday evening launched its 12th consecutive night of strikes against Iran.
The US military on Tuesday unleashed the 11th consecutive night of strikes against Iran.
President Trump tore into a reporter, saying there are “no signs” that Iran will stop fighting and suggesting that Trump doesn’t have a plan to end the war. Iran is “getting decimated,” and “You don’t get that when you listen to your fake station,” Trump told ABC’s Mary Bruce.
UPDATE: US Central Command announced that the tenth consecutive night of strikes against Iran was ordered by President Trump and began at 4 pm ET.
US Central Command forces completed a ninth consecutive round of nightly strikes against Iran on Sunday, aimed at “holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief’s direction.” As The Gateway Pundit reported, Iranian airstrikes in Jordan left several US servicemembers injured, U.S.
US Central Command announced on Friday that in strikes against Iran last night, a decades-old Iranian surveillance tower used to target ships in the Strait of Hormuz has been destroyed. The tower’s destruction “degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members” and “protects freedom of navigation in regional waters for all vessels, except for ships attempting to violate the ongoing U.S.
UPDATE: US Central Command announced that strikes continued for roughly 6 hours, targeting command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities.
CENTCOM on Wednesday announced a new wave of strikes against Iran after President Trump declared the ceasefire over.
US forces hit Iran early this morning for the fifth consecutive day since the memorandum of understanding and ceasefire collapsed last week. The strikes began at 6 am ET and are meant to “further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said.
US Central Command on Monday evening released unclassified footage of the latest wave of strikes against Iran.
President Trump announced on Monday that he plans to address the nation on Thursday amid resumed fighting in Iran. The President wrote on Social, “President Trump will be making a Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M.
US Central Command released footage of strikes against Iranian military targets, following Saturday’s strikes against “approximately 140 Iranian military targets,” the military said. The attacks on Saturday were launched by “land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels,” CENTCOM announced.
US forces are attacking Iran after an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, and Iran’s declaration that the Strait is closed “until further notice.” CNN reported at 7:00 Eastern that Iran had said it was closing the Strait after firing shots at a vessel.
The US Military on Tuesday released unclassified footage of the latest strikes against Iran.
President Trump announced on Monday that Walmart would be slashing prices in celebration of America’s 250th birthday, just days after he announced a gas retailer chain in Pennsylvania would be doing the same. Previously, Trump threatened retailers with a Department of Justice investigation into price gouging.
The 2026 Iran conflict has generated considerable speculation about American overreach and strategic strain.
WATCH: How Trump Can END Iran’s Chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz (VIDEO) During the latest episode of The Patriot Perspective, we discussed what may be the most dangerous development in the Middle East right now.
The fragile ceasefire in the Middle East has done little to nothing to calm tensions between America and its European allies, as President Trump launched another scathing attack on NATO, dismissing the alliance as ineffective and irrelevant during a moment of crisis.
Overnight, Iranian drones struck commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving freighters burning and sending shockwaves through global energy markets.
President Donald Trump is urging commercial oil tankers to push through the strategic Strait of Hormuz despite escalating tensions with Iran, declaring that there is “nothing to be afraid of” after U.S.
President Trump broke his silence following the Iran strikes on Saturday morning, telling Axios of potential “off-ramps” in the conflict. “I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: ‘See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs],” Trump told Axios in a phone interview from Mar-a-Lago.
The confrontation may move to the world’s premier shipping lane.
Multiple political, strategic, and military factors are converging in a way that could make 2026 a uniquely dangerous year for Taiwan.
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As the American domestic scene is distracted by the sudden appearance of the Palestinian “protesters” (née Antifers, née violent Transgenders, née Trust Fund malcontents), the Gaza Pier building exercise has been out of the spotlight. The real question should be, after at least 15 years of about a $1 Billion Dollars of year of funding donated directly to the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) – why has a modern port not already been made in Gaza? For some reason $1 Billion Dollars a year was not enough to at least have a simple seaport and pier.
UPDATE: US and British warplanes attack Houthi targets in Yemen.
