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Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran amid the war with Iran, March 7, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS) Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter, and two Iranian officials said. The  Saudi  attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on Iranian soil and show it is becoming much bolder in defending itself against its main regional rival. The attacks, launched by the Saudi Air Force, were assessed to have been carried out in late March, the two Western officials said. One said only that they were "tit-for-tat strikes in retaliation for when Saudi [Arabia] was hit." Go to the full article > >

President  Donald Trump  will have an annual medical and dental  checkup  later this month, according to the  White House . The appointment is set for May 26 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and comes as questions around the president’s health continue to attract public attention. Trump, who turns 80 next month, has the visits as part of his routine preventive healthcare and annual physical assessment. Donald Trump’s checkup will be the fourth publicly known medical visit since he returned to office (via  Reuters ). At an Oval Office event on Monday, Trump said he felt no different than he did decades ago. “I feel literally the same,” he said. “I don’t know why. It’s not because I eat the best foods.” Days earlier, he joked about  his workout habits  and said he exercises “like about one minute a day, max” (via  MS Now ) Medical updates released by the White House over the past year have outlined several routine evaluations...

President Donald Trump posted this photo of his face on the $100 bill on his Truth Social media account. )Truth Social/@realdonaldtrump) Truth Social/@realdonaldtrump Having his signature appear on new United States currency apparently isn’t enough for Donald Trump, according to the president’s latest trolling post on social media. On Tuesday morning, an image of Trump’s face on the $100 bill in place of Benjamin Franklin was posted to the president’s account on his Truth Social platform. “Federal Victory Note” replaces Federal Reserve Note at the top of the fake image, while “God Bless Donald Trump” is written on the back of the altered bill instead of In God We Trust. 🤑  pic.twitter.com/5iQMjmLXAS — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom)  May 12, 2026 The post accomplished one of its aims: enraging Trump’s critics. “If your grandpa acted like this online, the family would already be planning an intervention,”  tweeted  the Republicans against Trump account on X. The tweet...

Iran could enrich uranium up to 90% purity, a level considered weapons-grade, if the country is attacked once more, parliamentary national security and foreign policy commission spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei said on Tuesday. "One of Iran's options in the event of another attack could be 90 percent enrichment. We will review it in the parliament," Rezaei posted on X. The Jerusalem Post  has previously reported that Iran is at least a year to two years away from a nuclear weapon due to the enriched uranium being buried beneath rubble after the 12-day war in June 

An IDF drone during a training exercise near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90) The  IDF  is establishing a factory that will produce first-person view (FPV) "suicide" drones, intended to employ approximately 200  haredi  (ultra-Orthodox) soldiers, Army Radio reported on Tuesday. The military has, so far, purchased  FPV drones  from an Israeli company, some of whose products are manufactured in China, the report noted. However, these cost thousands of shekels per drone, and thus, the military is seeking to produce internally within the IDF's Technology and Logistics Directorate, Army Radio reported. The Army Radio report of the new factory comes after the IDF has come under heavy attack by FPV drones operated by Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. Go to the full article > >

A TAMMUZ MISSILE launched from an IDF tank. (photo credit: RAFAEL ADVANCED SYSTEMS) Israel entered the multi-front war it finds itself in now nearly three years ago with weakened domestic weapons-production capabilities, gaps in certain weapons stockpiles, and no full, budgeted policy for preserving domestic arms production lines, State  Comptroller Matanyahu Englman  found in a report published Tuesday. The report examined Israel’s ability to preserve domestic production of weapons, raw materials, components, and infrastructure used by the defense establishment and the IDF.. On operational implications, the comptroller and the IDF presented sharply different assessments. Go to the full article > >