Israel seems to have stuck to small drones when it hit Iran — suggesting it wanted only a minor retaliation

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People waving Palestinian and Iranian flags.
Iranians waving Palestinian and Iranian flags during an anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran, Iran, on Friday.

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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

A deadly Israeli strike in Syria ratchets up a years-long shadow war with Iran that could again put US forces in the crosshairs

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Iranian protesters are burning the U.S. flag and an Israeli flag during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024.
Iranian protesters are burning the U.S.

US naval drones have spent 60,000 hours at sea helping the Navy spy on and defeat malicious threats in Middle Eastern waters

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An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.
An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.

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I'm a millennial mom who's visited 57 countries with my kids thanks to many income streams, including $4,000 a month blogging and extra cash from flipping homes

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Karen Edwards, her husband and children in front of Big Ben.
Karen Edwards, her husband, and her children in London.

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Jon Stewart says he has a solution to the Gaza conflict

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The Intercept's Murtaza Hussain and Yair Rosenberg of The Atlantic discuss with Jon Stewart how peace may be possible between Israel and Palestine,
Jon Stewart, The Intercept's Murtaza Hussain and Yair Rosenberg of The Atlantic.

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The US Navy needs more counter-drone tech to stop a growing Middle East threat

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Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle with a solid state laser during a demonstration in 2020.
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle with a solid state laser during a demonstration in 2020.

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Sam Altman reportedly wants trillions of dollars to supercharge chip production

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023.
Sam Altman is CEO of OpenAI.

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US needs to signal to Iran it's a possible target so it doesn't get too comfortable, says former top general in the Middle East

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The Dwight D. Eisenhower in waters near Iran
Components of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group (IKECSG) and the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) transit the Strait of Hormuz, Dec 14, 2023.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak

US forces hammered dozens of IRGC and Iran-backed militia targets with 125 bombs in retaliation for the drone attack that killed American troops

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 12, 2024.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Jan. 12, 2024.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore

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