Watch: Iran war cost the US $37. 5bn so far, Hegseth says US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the Iran war has cost the United States $37. 5bn so far, up from a previous estimate of nearly $29 billion in mid-May.
Four months after calling on Pakistan’s authorities to explain how and why they targeted a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre on 16 March, killing at least 269 civilians, Amnesty International has published a new investigation calling for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime. The organization found no evidence to support the Pakistan military’s claims […] The post Afghanistan/Pakistan: Deadly Pakistan air strikes on Kabul drug rehab centre should be investigated as possible war crime – new investigation appeared first on Amnesty International .
Tehran and Washington have been exchanging regular attacks for nearly two weeks after a negotiated settlement attempt failed The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring.
Tehran and Washington have been exchanging regular attacks for nearly two weeks after a negotiated settlement attempt failed The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring.
Kuwaiti army says it is intercepting Iranian drones Kuwait's army said on Tuesday that its air defences are currently intercepting Iranian drones over its terrority. The army urged the public to follow safety and security instructions issued by the relevant authorities.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
Iran's top joint military command says interests of US and its allies would be attacked if nuclear sites hit Iran's top joint military command said it would target the interests of the U. S. and its allies if the U.
Nearly 100 US troops injured by Iran strikes, Pentagon says Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday. Iran has been retaliating against nightly US strikes by targeting its military bases across Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait. The Pentagon’s disclosure came nearly five hours after spokesperson Parnell denounced a New York Times report saying that the Pentagon withheld dozens of US military injuries in the Iran war as “baseless” and “malicious” .
Bulgaria moved Tuesday toward allowing US aerial refueling aircraft to support Middle East operations, drawing a warning from Tehran and raising the risk of the NATO member being pulled into the Iran-US conflict.
Nearly 100 US troops injured by Iran strikes, Pentagon says Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 07/21/2026 - 21:17 The disclosure came soon after the Pentagon denounced a New York Times report that said it had withheld casualty numbers This screen grab made on 18 July 2026 from handout video footage released by the US Central Command on 17 July 2026 shows what the US military says is the latest wave of strikes (US Centcom/AFP) Off Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday. Iran has been retaliating against nightly US strikes by targeting its military bases across Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait. The Pentagon’s disclosure came nearly five hours after spokesperson Parnell denounced a New York Times report saying that the Pentagon withheld dozens of US military injuries in the Iran war as “baseless” and “malicious” .
Hegseth says US military training will suffer without funding boost as war costs reach $37. 5bn US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told lawmakers on Tuesday that military training would need to be curtailed without an urgent funding boost, as Republican Senator Susan Collins said that some military branches were facing a near-term solvency crisis. “There is training right now and training in the future that would have to be curtailed if we do not get our budget needs met and met urgently,” Hegseth said in response to a question by Collins about the impact of the funding shortfall.
Opinion: Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam Like a slow-motion car crash, the US-Israeli attacks on Iran are morphing into a third Gulf war. Since signing a ceasefire deal that clearly recognised Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and forced Israel to halt military operations in Lebanon, US President Donald Trump has slithered and backtracked his way out of both commitments, resuming a full-scale and increasingly bloody war. Both Trump and the man primarily responsible for pushing him into this war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were poorly received at home for the ceasefire deal: Trump because he actually signed it, and Netanyahu because he was cut out of the process, amid a sense that Israel’s ally and armourer had imposed a premature peace.
President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, but experts say the deeply buried nuclear facility, potentially central to Tehran’s efforts to restore enrichment, may be far harder to disable than his warning suggests.
IRGC says it targeted radar systems in Kuwait Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that it has targeted a tactical radar complex near the Ali al-Salem base and another radar system on Bubiyan Island in Kuwait, according to Iranian state media.
Lebanese army says Israel needs to coordinate with rather than attack troops The Lebanese army has called on Israel to engage in military coordination rather than carrying out attacks after Israeli forces opened fire on Lebanese army personnel stationed in southern Lebanon earlier on Tuesday. “The Israeli occupation army must address any issues through the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L) and through the approved coordination and communication channels, instead of carrying out attacks,” the army said in a statement to X. The army said that Israeli forces "opened fire in close proximity to them, which exposed the soldiers to danger and hindered the execution of the mission entrusted to them" while it was carrying out its deployment mission in so-called "pilot zones" to replace Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanese towns.
Several tankers carrying Saudi crude oil reversed course on Tuesday after Tehran-backed Houthis declared a blockade on shipping through Bab el-Mandeb, raising fears that the US-Iran war could disrupt a second major energy chokepoint.
Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, walked into the Senate on Tuesday to defend the Trump administration’s $87. 6bn supplemental funding request, facing lawmakers furious that the US-Israel war on Iran is costing far more than the White House has admitted. Hegseth and the chair of the joint chiefs, Gen Dan Caine, faced the Senate appropriations committee, chaired by Susan Collins of Maine, as the Pentagon said it was running low on cash to keep the fight going.
New British PM Burnham approves use of UK bases for US strikes on Iran The UK's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has approved the use of British bases by the US for "defensive" strikes on Iran, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.
Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam Submitted by David Hearst on Tue, 07/21/2026 - 19:22 As Tehran raises the stakes across the region, the US and Israel appear stuck in a doom loop of their own making US President Donald Trump is pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 21 July 2026 (Saul Loeb/AFP) Off Like a slow-motion car crash, the US - Israeli attacks on Iran are morphing into a third Gulf war. Since signing a ceasefire deal that clearly recognised Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and forced Israel to halt military operations in Lebanon , US President Donald Trump has slithered and backtracked his way out of both commitments, resuming a full-scale and increasingly bloody war. Both Trump and the man primarily responsible for pushing him into this war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were poorly received at home for the ceasefire deal: Trump because he actually signed it, and Netanyahu because he was cut out of the process, amid a sense that Israel’s ally and armourer had imposed a premature peace.
Several days of airstrikes have hit water and energy plants in Kuwait, a nation that relies on desalination for 90 percent of its drinking water.
