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US Central Command says its helicopter hit the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
A US helicopter fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that the US military said attempted to break the American blockade of Iran’s ports. US Central Command said the strike occurred in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday.
BBC News – World US Central Command says its helicopter hit the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
BBC News – World US Central Command says its helicopter hit the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
Sky News – World U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first visit to Ukraine, a day after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The trip is part of a renewed push to revive stalled peace talks to end Russia's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the envoys in Kyiv.
NYTimes – World Exit polls project Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) finishing first in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, with party leaders celebrating the result. AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund cast his vote earlier in the day. It remains unclear whether AfD will secure an outright majority, which would give a far-right party control of a German state government for the first time since World War II.
NYTimes – World U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two American Navy warships near the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command. Iranian state media earlier reported a U.S. missile hit an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island, which the U.S. military had not confirmed at the time. The exchange marks renewed hostilities over shipping in the Gulf.
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