18 hours ago · Follow the latest news after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive attack on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

War is an armed conflict [a] between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to …

12 hours ago · President Trump and top White House officials said the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran could last weeks and that the "hardest hits are yet to come."

13 hours ago · Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.

1 day ago · LIVE Israel Iran War Live Updates: Iranian Missile Strike Hits Qatar’s Al Udeid Base, Which Hosts US Forces Israel Iran War Live Updates: The United States and Israel carried out airstrikes …

Feb 17, 2026 · War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if …

1 day ago · Days after the US and Israel first launched strikes against Iran, the conflict is widening by the hour, drawing in other countries across the region, sparking fears for the global economy and ...

2 days ago · Qatar halted LNG production while Saudi Arabia's largest refinery was hit by a drone strike. Prices spiked in response. Meanwhile, Kuwait's air defenses mistakenly shot down three US F-15 …

17 hours ago · President Trump rejected suggestions that Israel forced his hand in attacking Iran, and said that it was unclear who would take over the country because likely candidates were dead. …

2 days ago · The Department of War provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.