NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish in a quiet return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Friday to close a second straight week of modest losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%.
BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel (AP) - A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport on Sunday after its impact near an access road caused panic among passengers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Friday that his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon, and he suggested that it would be “very hard to stop” Israel’s strikes on Iran in order to negotiate a possible ceasefire.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain two carrier strike groups in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according to a U.S. official.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – As the war between Israel and Iran hits the one-week mark, Iranians have spent nearly half of the conflict in a near-communication blackout, unable to connect not only with the outside world but also with their neighbors and loved ones across the country.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first involvement with America’s new intense campaign targeting the Iranian-backed group.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital killed at least eight people overnight, the Houthi rebels said Monday, as the American military acknowledged carrying out over 800 individual strikes in their monthlong campaign.
