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Five US Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia: WSJ

Over 3 million people forcibly displaced by US-Israeli war on Iran: UN

Iran reportedly approves Indian government sending two liquefied petroleum tankers through Hormuz

Japan-based USS Tripoli and its attached Marines headed toward Middle East

WSJ says Pentagon sends Marine expeditionary unit to Middle East. Oil jumps higher

Pentagon has just confirms two additional deaths in Thursday's downing of a KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft over Western Iraq: all six US crewmembers are deceased.

Trump and the Pentagon claim the US and Israel are "totally destroying" Iran as the war enters day 14, with Trump warning Tehran to "watch what happens" and "I am killing them" and "what a great honor it is to"

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly alive but wounded, "damaged," and "disfigured"

France and Italy open talks with Iran in hope of securing safe Hormuz Strait passage, FT reporting

Hegseth briefing: US and Israel have hit more than 15,000 enemy targets since conflict began

Several senior Iranian officials have been openly marching through the streets of Tehran today even amid smoke from US-Israeli bombing lingers in background.

CENTCOM: four of six crew members aboard a US refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq have died. Active search and rescue operation underway 

Strategic risks remain high as Iran reportedly begins laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, though oil eased slightly after India said one tanker successfully exited the strait.