Two US Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling tankers have departed Bulgaria's Bezmer Airbase approximately one month after their deployment, which was approved by parliament on July 22 and sparked protests from Iranian officials and local residents concerned about potential retaliatory attacks.
The Pentagon acknowledged that U.S. military operations killed more than 150 civilians in 2025, with particular focus on casualties from Trump administration's Yemen campaign following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.
The Pentagon acknowledged that U.S. military airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 in 2025, according to its annual civilian casualty report delivered to Congress. The report notably excluded any deaths from airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, drawing criticism from some officials.
Two American service members were killed and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks struck a U.S. military base in Jordan on Friday. Four additional service members were injured and medically evacuated, marking the first U.S. troop deaths since fighting resumed two weeks earlier.
The U.S. military conducted a strike on Tuesday against a vessel suspected of drug smuggling in the eastern Pacific Ocean, resulting in one fatality and two survivors. The incident brings the total number of people killed in such boat strikes to at least 208.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Monday, bursting into flames and killing all eight crew members aboard. The crash occurred during a routine radar modernization test flight.
General Francis Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command, met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday at the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in a rare high-level military engagement. The meeting focused on operational security matters and comes amid heightened tensions as the Trump administration increases pressure on Cuba.
