WASHINGTON (AP) – Pentagon says deception, decoys and fighters helped protect US bombers that dropped 14 bunker-buster bombs. Hegseth said it was important to note that U.S. strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people, a veiled effort to indicate to Iran that they don't want retaliation on American targets in the region.

MIAMI (AP) – A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

BRUSSELS (AP) – At its first summits after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO gave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pride of place at its table. It won’t be the same this time. Europe’s biggest land conflict since World War II is now in its fourth year and still poses an existential threat to the continent.