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Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment to succeed his father as Iran's supreme leader is unlikely to settle the question of who ultimately holds power in post-war Tehran.

President Trump said Thursday that he's not deploying additional troops to the Mideast due to the Iran war.

The federal government registered two extraterrestrial-themed .gov domains this week, but neither site is live, a funding freeze is blocking new domain requests at the agency that registered them and the White House offered only a "Stay tuned!"

President Trump on Thursday told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that her country has been supportive of the U.S. military action in Iran, contrasting it with European leaders who have largely remained quiet or critical of the operation.

With conflict in the Middle East igniting a powder keg that has set the global energy sector aflame, U.S. allies are feeling the heat.

Unidentified drones were spotted hovering over Fort McNair, a Washington, D.C. military base which houses top Trump administration officials, the latest in a string of strange drone sightings near military sites worldwide.

An Israeli-led airstrike on Iran's South Pars gas field triggered a massive Iranian counterattack on Thursday, with Tehran targeting energy infrastructure across the Gulf with scores of ballistic missiles and drones.

Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy.

Lawmakers in China's casino city of Macao unanimously passed a law Thursday that would allow closed-door trials in cases where authorities decide that public proceedings would harm national security.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at the press and "ungrateful allies in Europe" on Thursday while declaring that the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran has been an overwhelming success.