U.S. Central Command launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, expanding its military campaign against forces accused of threatening commercial vessels and civilian crews in the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. is signaling a significant shift in the Middle East as President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with the Iraqi prime minister to announce the end of military operations in Iraq, while shifting focus to Iran.

Bangladesh was struggling Wednesday to cope with the aftermath of devastating floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that officials said have killed at least 51 people.

The European Union failed to add the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church and a Russian billionaire to its latest sanctions package after Bulgaria vetoed their inclusion.

Hungary faced a potential constitutional crisis Tuesday after Parliament approved a government-backed measure to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office despite protests by the opposition and supporters of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Typhoon Bavi made landfall in eastern China, uprooting trees and forcing more than two million people to evacuate.

Saudi-led forces carried out overnight airstrikes against Yemen’s northwestern Saada province after the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization launched ballistic missiles and drones toward an international airport and military installations inside Saudi Arabia.

United States forces carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting military sites along the Islamic Republic’s coastline and near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command confirmed.

Iran-backed Houthi terrorists launched ballistic missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport on Monday, sharply escalating tensions along the kingdom’s southern border and threatening years of relative calm in Yemen.

A German court has sentenced an Iraqi couple linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group to lengthy prison terms for enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing two Yazidi girls in Iraq.

The long-simmering war on the Arabian Peninsula erupted again Monday as Saudi forces struck Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital and the Iranian-backed rebels answered within hours with ballistic missiles and drones aimed at southern Saudi Arabia.

The United States military has used unmanned sea drones in combat for the first time, striking Iranian naval facilities near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command announced Monday.

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under house arrest in Iran after authorities reportedly uncovered what they say was an Israeli covert operation to recruit him as an intelligence asset and ultimately install him as Iran’s leader, according to The New York Times and officials cited by the newspaper.

Hungary’s parliament was to vote Monday on a constitutional amendment proposed by Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, a move that has sharply divided the country and prompted protests in the capital.

Britain announced Monday that it will designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps under sweeping new national security powers, citing IRGC-linked threats, intimidation, and activity endangering lives on British soil.