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A child runs past a banner strung across the rubble of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school showing portraits of the children and teachers killed there by a February 28 US airstrike in Minab, southern Iran, September 7, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 18, 2026, 9:34 am
UN mission: US strike that hit Iran school was ‘indiscriminate,’ likely a war crime
Fact-finding probe: Military acted ‘recklessly’ in attacking site of primary school adjacent to IRGC base; says Iran committed ‘gross human rights violations’ in protest crackdown
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This UGC image posted on social media on March 29, 2026 and verified by AFP staff appears to show a destroyed US Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, primarily used for air traffic control, in the aftermath of a projectile strike at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. (UGC / AFP)
September 15, 2026, 9:45 am
US military says Iran war led to munitions shortfall, reveals base and aircraft damage
Pentagon inspector general’s report includes information about dozens of aircraft lost, and ‘strategic inventory shortfalls,’ as well as $184 million worth of damage to embassies
By AP
These handout photos provided by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official website Sepah News on April 5, 2026, purport to show smoke billowing from the wreckage of US aircraft allegedly used in the rescue of a downed American airman, April 5, 2026. (Sepah)
September 13, 2026, 11:21 am
Hegseth, associates pushed F-15 airmen downed over Iran to appear on ’60 Minutes’ – report
US defense secretary met privately with the two before one agreed to speak, the other declined, CNN says; Pentagon calls report ‘a complete lie’
By ToI Staff
This handout image taken by the European Space Agency, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, shows a view of Iran's Kharg Island, which hosts the country's main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world, about 30 kilometers south of the mainland in the north of the Gulf, on March 7, 2026. (European Space Agency/AFP)
September 5, 2026, 4:20 pm
US military says it destroyed 3 Iranian oil tankers after IRGC targeted its warships
One vessel ‘permanently disabled’ near Kharg Island, another near port of Jask; Tehran has vowed strong response to attacks on Kharg, which further jeopardize economy
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg (L) looks on during a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, not in picture, at the Pentagon in Washington on July 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP)
September 5, 2026, 8:33 am
White House looking to replace Hegseth deputy Steve Feinberg, sources say
Trump administration denies report; Hegseth was previously said to have blamed Iran war munitions shortages on Feinberg, whose dismissal would be latest Pentagon shake-up
By Reuters
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
September 1, 2026, 5:11 am
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down after after reported tensions with Hegseth
Departure continues upheaval in military during Trump’s current term; Driscoll oversaw drone program that has now been rolled back, was an unlikely negotiator in Ukraine-Russia war
By Ben Finley and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump applauds as he leaves after speaking at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 18, 2026, 11:04 pm
US reportedly weighing major troop pullback from Gulf following damage in Iran war
Washington Post says war prompts ‘once-in-a-generation chance’ to review American presence in region, as Pentagon, CENTCOM said to be considering not rebuilding some damaged bases
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives to board Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House on July 22, 2026 in Washington, DC, before traveling to Dover Air Force Base to attend the dignified transfers of US service members killed by Iranian military strikes in Jordan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/AFP)
July 28, 2026, 3:14 am
Pentagon removes 4 troops killed in renewed Iran fighting from official war death toll
Decision raises questions about properly counting impact of war on US service members, but Pentagon denies trying to hide growing toll, blames it on ‘temporary data disruptions’
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, speaks during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 18, 2026. (AP/Virginia Mayo)
June 23, 2026, 5:23 am
Pentagon seeking around $80 billion from a divided Congress to fund Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill to approve funding, as many still skeptical of emerging deal to end conflict
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
June 6, 2026, 1:21 pm
Pentagon raises threat assessment of Israeli spying on US to ‘critical’ level — report
Trump envoy Witkoff among key officials being spied on, NYT says; original NBC report vehemently denied by White House, Israeli embassy says story ‘completely false’
By ToI Staff
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, watches as acting Under Secretary of Defense and Comptroller Jules Hurst III testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the US Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 12, 2026, 9:54 pm
Pentagon says US cost of Iran war approaching $29 billion
US Defense Department tells Congress $4 billion jump from previous estimate is due to equipment upkeep, as Democrats accuse White House of futile and opaque spending on conflict
By Frankie TAGGART
This photo is from the US Air Force's 'The Roswell Report,' released June 24, 1997, which discusses the alleged UFO incident in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 (US Air Force via AP, File)
May 8, 2026, 8:21 pm
As first batch of UFO files is released, Trump urges public to draw its own conclusions
Several include military videos that show small ambiguous dots moving above the landscapes of Iraq, Syria, UAE; US president: ‘Have Fun and Enjoy!’
By AP
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
May 2, 2026, 4:42 am
US military reaches deal with 7 tech firms to use their AI on classified systems
Anthropic absent from deal after it insisted on forbidding use of AI in fully autonomous weapons, surveillance of Americans; it sued Trump for trying to stop federal agencies using its Claude chatbot
By Agencies
A Spanish Navy unit takes part in the NATO Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-25 naval exercise in Barbate, southern Spain, on March 28, 2025. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
April 24, 2026, 11:04 am
Pentagon said to float ways US can punish NATO allies for not helping fight Iran
Internal email considers suspending Spain — though it’s unclear how — and reviewing position on UK’s claim to Falkland Islands; Spain’s Sanchez: ‘We do not work with emails’
By Agencies
Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell speaks to the media in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, on March 17, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
April 23, 2026, 3:41 pm
Pentagon denies reported assessment that de-mining Hormuz will take six months
US Defense Department calls Washington Post report, based on classified briefing to lawmakers, ‘dishonest journalism’; Iran claims it has banked first tolls from shipping in strait
By AFP
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