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World leaders urged peace and a return to talks as the military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran raised concerns about whether the violence could spread across the region and tensions rose with Iran vowing devastating blows after the ...

President Trump threatened Sunday to hit Iran with the kind of force it "has never seen before" as Iran retaliated against joint, U.S.-Israel military strikes that killed its supreme leader.

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is standing firm in his support for President Trump's decision to approve a military operation against Iran, but said his support is "not limitless."

Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday that President Trump's decision to greenlight the joint U.S.-Israel military strike against Iran has been welcome news in his home state of Arkansas.

The U.S. Central Command released videos showing missiles being fired and jets taking off in what it said were strikes "to dismantle the Iranian regime's security apparatus."

U.S. Central Command is dismissing claims by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of attacking the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader and other top officials.

Authorities in Austin, Texas, said a man opened fire inside a downtown bar early Sunday and killed two people and injured 14 others, before being fatally shot by police.

Three U.S. service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded in Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israel airstrike attack on Iran, U.S. Central Command said Sunday.

The U.S.-Israel military offensive against Iran -- which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials -- is stoking a heated fight on Capitol Hill over who has the power to take the country to war.

Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Sunday left at least nine people dead and more than 50 others wounded as pro-Iran demonstrators attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate, authorities said.