The US military said it shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones near the Strait of Hormuz while striking back at Iran's coastal surveillance sites, as tensions across the Gulf deepen.

Trumps says Israel and Hezbollah will stop fighting after Iran stops talks with U.S. over Israeli operations in southern Lebanon, Gaza

CNN’s Jeremy Diamond brings exclusive reporting on how Israel secretly deployed elite military and intelligence units to Azerbaijan during the war with Iran as part of a network of covert sites across the region to facilitate operations against Iran.

BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump in an interview released Wednesday confirmed an earlier report that he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a Monday phone call, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting of Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.

Israeli defense officials believe Tehran is using Washington’s reluctance to resume military action to improve its negotiating position.

India, June 6 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: Iran is claiming that negotiations with the US over a potential peace agreement are stalled due to disagreements over the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

The team’s participation in the World Cup has been complicated by Iran’s war with Israel and the United States.

Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that has been spared much of the destruction and was sheltering thousands of people displaced by the three-month war.