Russia is stockpiling weapons to intensify attacks on Ukraine, analysts say

Iranian state media says the regime has received a full U.S. response to its proposal for a ceasefire and the phased reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The last American troops assigned to fight ISIS in Iraq pulled out of the country Wednesday, ending the mission that dismantled the extremists’ self-declared caliphate but raising fears about what might fill the vacuum as the Iran war grinds on. Though the Iraqi government welcomed the end of Operation Inherent Resolve, Kurdish officials in the north of the country said they were concerned the Biden-era decision was being carried out even after Iranian missiles pummeled them following the war launched by the United States and Israel earlier this year.

There are strong indications that Iran played a part in an incident outside a U.K. airbase that U.S. forces use to strike Iran, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said.

Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks.