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US military’s boat strikes have now [killed](https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-cartels-drug-trafficking-trump-39cb6e4bd416b4216644c03b5ca59d87) at least 174 people since September. Military officials have consistently alleged that the targets of its lethal boat strikes were “engaged in narco-trafficking
strike. The [US military](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military) posted a video, which it labeled unclassified, showing a small boat being destroyed in an explosion. The US campaign targeting boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
details. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting India, said targets included boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites. Washington has accused the Iranian military of laying mines near the Strait
strike on vessels in eastern Pacific The US military has killed four more people in its [fourth deadly attack](/news/2026/4/14/us-military-kills-two-men-in-new-strike-on-vessel-in-eastern-pacific) on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean over the past four days. US Southern Command
boats were attacked,” he reported. “However, they have neither confirmed the reports nor given details of the incident.” Adam Clements, a former US diplomat and Pentagon official, said he is not “necessarily surprised
strikes validated the “deep suspicion” Iran harboured towards the US. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Iranian armed forces fired back and shot down a US-made RQ-4 drone, using a domestically-made
strike on the UAE’s Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone, and Tehran said a US attack on a passenger boat in the Gulf killed [five civilians](/news/2026/5/5/iran-says-us-military-killed-five-civilians-in-attacks-on-passenger-boats). More than 24 hours after the start
detail Van Dyke's day-to-day duties or his exact role in the Maduro operation, which included air strikes, a network of on-the-ground spies and a massive military presence that had been
boats. Iranian state television separately reported blasts around Bandar Abbas, a city on the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) home to a military port and a dual-use airport. The Iranian state news agency
details were not immediately available. Earlier in the day the UAE said its air defences were engaging missiles and drones from Iran for a second day in a row. On Monday it accused Iran
striking Iran on 28 February the war has shaken the global economy, forced up energy prices around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the April
military said early on Mondayit was "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks", with state news agency KUNA reporting air raid sirens sounded across the country. Its foreign ministry later released a statement condemning
strikes". Trump said Iran "trifled with us today". The flare-up comes a day after Iran's foreign ministry had said it was considering a US proposal to end the war. Iranian state media initially
strikes by [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran). It was disproportionately attacked partly due to the severe diplomatic hostility to Iran expressed by the rulers in Dubai. The Wall Street Journal report gave details of how that
military said yesterday [it killed three men](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/us-three-killed-boat-alleged-narco-eastern-pacific)** **when it struck what it claimed was a drug boat** in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The number of deaths in such strikes under
boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) sent warships to “guide” stranded tankers through the strait in a campaign he called “Project Freedom”. Hegseth told a press conference
detail, Trump said the visit involved too much travel and expense for what he considered an inadequate Iranian offer. The cancellation came after [Iran said it would not be attending any direct talks](https://www.theguardian.com
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful
strikes and a ground invasion. Iran wants the first stage of the negotiations to focus on ending hostilities, as well as ensuring “maritime security” in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, before moving
strikes were reported around the region and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the war was “not over”. The semi-official Tasnim news agency, citing an informed source, said on Sunday night that Iran