Alix Kroeger

Mighty hunter!

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan minister says another Iranian vessel is in its waters, after a US submarine sank a warship near its coast.

On #WorldBookDay, send the school a photo of your kid lying in bed and say he’s gone as Marcel Proust

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry accuses Iran of a drone attack on its territory and says two civilians were injured.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka navy says it has recovered 87 bodies from the sea where an Iranian warship sank.

Live updates: Iran threatens ‘complete destruction of the region’s military and economic infrastructure’ Across Iran’s capital, explosions rang out overnight as the U.S. and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes. Iran and its allies have hit back against Israel and neighboring Gulf states.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hegseth says an American submarine sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo in international waters.

AP live blog

A Russian-flagged tanker erupts in a massive fire and sinks off Libya Libya says a Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas has exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.

Meanwhile in the Mediterranean: no official word on the cause of this blast. Russian-flagged LNG tanker linked to Moscow's shadow fleet has exploded and sunk

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens the 'complete destruction of the region’s military and economic infrastructure.'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian government agency says at least 1,045 people have been killed in the war so far.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's navy says an Iranian warship has sunk off of the coast of the Indian Ocean island.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkish airspace.

Inside Macron’s new deterrence strategy: 8 European allies, 1 French nuclear button France is moving to tie its nuclear deterrent strategy more closely with European allies while keeping full control over any strike decision.

"Strategic autonomy", you say?
France in talks with DE, PL, NL, B, GR, SE & DK re nuclear security guarantee (UK also in the talks)
Wd allow temp deployment of French nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries
Macron also sending FR's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from Baltic to Mediterranean

Just as soon as I finish reading The Kitchen. Which is bloody brilliant. Or bloody *and* brilliant

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says 'someone from within' Iranian regime might be best choice to take power once US-Israel campaign is finished.

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain is sending a warship to Cyprus after a drone hit on a UK base.

Europe defends military bases and struggles to evacuate citizens as it is drawn into the war on Iran Europe is gradually being pulled into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even as it avoids direct combat.

The war in the Middle East is spreading.
"Europeans weren’t consulted on this US-Israeli operation but are now dealing with the fallout."

L’ILE LONGUE, France (AP) — Macron says France will allow temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries.
Background here 👇
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L’ILE LONGUE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announces France will increase its number of nuclear warheads for 1st time in decades.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European natural gas futures spike 42.6% in wake of shutdown of major Gulf liquid natural gas supplier.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Massive explosion strikes Iran's capital as Israeli military says it is targeting 'heart' of city.

@secondmentions.bsky.social Noodles = "the starchy staple"

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says strikes killed Iran’s defense minister and the commander of its Revolutionary Guard.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials tell AP Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Neither Iran nor the U.S. have confirmed.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials tell AP Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Neither Iran nor the U.S. have confirmed.

Buckle in, it's going to be a bumpy ride

(I was helping out this morning with AP coverage - moving extremely fast, difficult to keep up)

Live updates: US and Israel launch attack on Iran The U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said the Iranian public should “take over" their government. The first strikes appeared to target Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al...

I know.

Longer AP snap:
In a nationally televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes had targeted Khamenei’s compound and "there are growing signs” that Khamenei is "no longer alive."

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Netanyahu says in a televised address that "signs are growing" that Iran's supreme leader was killed.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 5 students killed at a girls’ school in southern Iran in Israel-US strike, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency says.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's Foreign Ministry says the ‘time has come to defend the homeland’ after joint US-Israeli strikes.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions heard in Qatar as Iran launches counterattack over Israel-US assault on the Islamic Republic.