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killed in a US strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat, the fifth such deadly attack in as many days, military officials have announced. US southern command said it conducted “a lethal kinetic strike
many previous attacks, the US military’s southern command said on [X](https://x.com/Southcom/status/2048573629009441148) that the boat hit was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” and that “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known
vessels in the strait.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/iranian-forces-ships-seized-strait-of-hormuz-us-peace-talks) More than 3,000 Iranians have been killed, including the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, but the number of casualties is not overwhelming. The country’s regime
strikes on Saturday, also in the eastern Pacific. The Associated Press news agency reported that the US coastguard has suspended a search for one survivor from the two attacks reported on Saturday. International legal experts
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
strikes amount to “unlawful extrajudicial killings”, while the American Civil Liberties Union has cast the assertions by the Trump administration against those it targets as “unsubstantiated, fear-mongering claims”. Legal experts have said that
killed in the attack. While some of the captain's remains were recovered, Dalip's body has never been found. Their story is part of a wider crisis that has been [unfolding in the Strait
many Republican senators voted with Democrats?** Fourteen of South Carolina’s 34 Republican state senators voted with Democrats against the redistricting bill. ## **In other news …** ![A person riding a bike past
strike capabilities give Washington the ability to target Iranian infrastructure with relatively low risk to its own forces. US bases across the Gulf, as well as military partnerships with regional allies – most notably Israel – reinforce
many more missiles and drones at regional countries, as well as US forces, if the US and Israel actually try to take Iran “back to the Stone Age”, as threatened by Trump, through more strikes
US. Before 2018, this species of whales wasn't known to stop seasonally or consistently in the bay, bypassing it on their migration route down to Baja California and back up the Arctic, said Josephine
strikes on civilian areas, including Qeshm Island. Throughout the war, Iran has offered ships safe passage through its territorial waters for a fee, while continuing to fire intermittently on commercial vessels. At the same time
strikes, according to Lebanese health officials. Hezbollah has also fired into Israel, killing at least 12 soldiers and two civilians, according to Israeli health authorities. Fighting between Israel and Lebanon began just days after
many voters remain unconvinced, with dissatisfaction threatening to shape the November midterm elections and potentially hurt Republicans at the ballot box. - Henry Ensher, a former US ambassador to Algeria, said Trump is under growing pressure
vessel and its crew were safe, although the tanker reported that some bunker fuel was discharged into the sea. The war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, has caused
strike while in detention before he was deported to Madrid. Jyoti Fernandes, a farmer and policy coordinator for the Landworkers Alliance, said the US government is seeking to undermine “the brave people seeking to deliver
Strike, part of Balikatan, at Culili Point Sand Dunes, Paoay, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines, on May 6, 2026 [Noel Celis/Reuters] The 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Philippines allows the US to refuel
killed](/news/2026/1/5/cuba-says-32-cubans-killed-during-us-raids-on-venezuela) in the fighting were Cuban – troops who put up “a really fierce resistance”, said Yaffe. Trump himself even acknowledged it, she said. For his part, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday
striking nearby US targets](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyg9peq9o) - including Guantanamo Bay, Key West in Florida, and naval vessels. It also quoted a US official who said the intelligence - which it characterised as a potential pretext
many other areas.” Residents of Ituri province in eastern DRC, where the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) last week, are living in growing fear of the possible continued spread