White House officials and U.S. military leaders show no sign of slowing attacks on Iran. The war has quickly transformed the region.

In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's second news briefing since the start of the Iran war, Hegseth said the U.S. had sunk an enemy ship by a torpedo for the first time since World War II.

Top U.S. commander in the region says Tehran's ability to strike is declining. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds.

A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as more nations were sucked into the Middle East war.On another front, Iran's

The tempo of the strikes on Iran was so intense that state television announced the mourning ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the conflict, would be postponed.

Israel launches dozens of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, while U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the United States is winning its military operation against Iran “decisively, devastatingly and without mercy.” Hegseth was speaking from the Pentagon’s b

The incident in the Indian Ocean off the Sri Lankan coast was the first sinking of an enemy vessel by torpedo since the Second World War, Hegseth said.