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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran on Friday as part of what officials described as a “powerful response” to Iran’s attack on Thursday of a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Officials, in a press release on Friday afternoon, said that U.S. forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit the Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone as it was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast. “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the…

Wars today are relentlessly visible. Images of bombed buildings, wounded civilians, destroyed homes, and displaced families circulate continuously across social media feeds, livestreams, and news platforms. Contemporary conflicts are increasingly encountered through visual spectacle. Yet this apparent excess of visibility can also obscure forms of suffering that resist photographic representation. Fear, anticipation, grief, displacement, and emotional rupture are not always fully captured by the camera. As Lilie Chouliaraki argues, repeated exposure to images of suffering can transform violence into consumable spectacle, flattening emotional engagement rather than deepening it. The recent death of the young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi during Israeli…

Country artist Zack John King is learning that longevity isn’t just about staying on the road. It’s about taking care of yourself long enough to enjoy the journey. When we met King on a golf course outside Chicago ahead of the release of his debut album, I’m What You Get, he was exactly who his music suggests he is. He spoke with the same ease about hunting, fishing, and growing up outdoors as he did about high-protein meals, sauna sessions, recovery, and the realities of maintaining healthy habits while living on a tour bus. That balance between old-school country values…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Duluth Trading Co. achieved its fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year inventory gains in Q1 due to strategic SKU management and its enterprise planning process, Heena Agrawal, SVP and CFO, said during a June 8 earnings call. Total inventory for the quarter was down 25% YoY, Agrawal said, adding that rightsizing buys and clearing excess stock also helped lower spring and summer seasonal inventory by 42%. “Through the integrated planning process, we successfully synchronized inventory levels with our sales projections and…

Clash of Clans China Regional will begin in late June, although Supercell has not confirmed the exact start date yet.The tournament features a $55,000 prize pool, which will be shared among 16 competing teams. Clash of Clans World Championship 2026 is closing in, and the esports events for this game are halfway down the road. As part of the selection process, the upcoming Clash of Clans World Championship 2026 China Regional will take place to select the top-tier teams that will bear the Chinese flag on the global stage later this year. Now, this article will let you know the…

In a recent critical training rotation, soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division expanded the scope of what’s possible with warfighting drones, developing new uses and making key determinations about how — and in what quantities — to build them into warfighting, officials said this week.The 101st, which has since 2023 been designated as the Army’s lead experimental unit for air assault capabilities and strategic mobility, executed the field tests at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, in April. The division’s 3rd Mobile Combat Brigade traveled to the center, along with more than 500 drones, about 150 of…

The Army’s proliferating drone use is exacerbating the modern problem of keeping everything charged. One combat team is testing ways to use its light Infantry Squad Vehicles as mobile charging stations.“As we field technology, power generation becomes increasingly problematic. The [Integrated Tactical Network], all the soldier-borne equipment, all require batteries that have to be recharged. [Enhanced Night Vision Goggles] require batteries, particularly to use thermals,” said Col. Ryan Bell, commander of the 3rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team in the 101st Airborne Division, of lessons from an April training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Finding ways…

Editors note: this is a developing story.The U.S. struck Iranian missile, drone and radar sites on Friday, U.S. Central Command said, in what the military described as a response to Iran’s attack on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship sailing the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks came after Iran struck the M/V Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone on Thursday, the command announced in a statement, adding that the vessel was leaving the Strait of Hormuz along the coast of Oman when hit. The military said Iran’s strike violated the already-precarious ceasefire signed between the two countries last week. The 60-day…

When an Army commander needs a warfighting capability, he or she now has a place to go to get it fast. They just have to ask the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD). Launched officially in November, G-TEAD’s mission is to fill technology gaps based on soldiers’ needs and therefore relieving commanders of the challenges of the acquisition and funding processes. G-TEAD already is bringing new and emerging technology to the Army, said Col. Christopher Hill, the director of the organization. Col. Christopher Hill is the director of the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD) with the Army. “There are…

02:39 26.6.2026 ⁠President ‌Donald Trump continued to insist that the US would ‌”soon” buy wheat, soybeans, and corn from ‌American farmers using Iranian assets that ‌have ⁠been frozen for years under ‌US sanctions. Trump said Iran is facing food shortages and that the US would use “some of Iran’s money” to buy the farm goods for the country from American farmers. “We have a new market coming up, and that’s called the lovely country of Iran,” he said in comments at the White House on June 25. “It’s a beautiful place — would anybody like to go there? The Islamic…