The United States announced plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, a decision that has drawn varied reactions from European leaders and NATO, with some German officials stating the move was expected. NATO is seeking further clarification on the implications of the troop reduction.
If the conflict in the region continues to develop, the Iranian armed forces aim to use only missiles with warheads weighing more than 1 ton in their attacks.
The United States seized an Iranian vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to vow retaliation and further escalating tensions in the critical waterway. This incident occurred ahead of planned peace talks, which Iran is reportedly considering boycotting due to US demands.
Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive on the Oleksandrivka front, having regained control over more than 400 square kilometers across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
"They have rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions and we can no longer tolerate that," the US president said about the regime in Tehran.
Iran has threatened to expand its retaliatory actions to include recreational and tourist facilities globally, according to a statement by Iranian armed forces spokesman General Abolfazl Shekarchi on state television.
Iran’s Armed Forces respect the sovereignty of Turkey and deny firing any missile towards its territory, it said in a statement carried by state media on Thursday. Turkey’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile […]