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  IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir meets US Air Force Chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir met with US Air Force Commander General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, together with Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Omer Tischler on Sunday in Tel Aviv to discuss Iran and other regional security issues, the military confirmed on Wednesday. The visit comes as US President Donald Trump has shifted away from military threats to boosting the economic sanctions against Iran to try to achieve nuclear and other concessions. This shift doubtlessly impacts ongoing and even long-term joint military planning between the countries, including what US military assets will remain in Israel and the region.

Iran said Qatar has told Tehran it is unaware of the fate of Iranian pilots missing since their aircraft were shot down after entering Qatari airspace, and urged Doha to step up efforts to determine their status, according to state media. Tehran said it had followed up through diplomatic and military channels but had yet to receive a clear response from Qatar on the pilots' fate.

  US President Donald Trump reacts as he speaks to the media with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent behind him, on the day of a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS) “America’s impatience in this war has brought the US into the conflict without coherent policy, without clear strategy, and without even trying to create a coalition to support the operation,” Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, a military historian and former head of the Strategic Horizons Unit in the UK Cabinet Office, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Nusbacher spoke with the Post after Axios reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told foreign counterparts in recent days that "for the time being" the US was not expected to continue striking Iran, instead focusing on sanctions and economic pressure. "The Iranian economy is in free fall, and the regime's military has been decimated," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told Axios , ...

President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for Indiana after severe storms and devastating flooding hit many parts of the state this month. Numerous areas around the state were impacted by storms and torrential rainfall that led to flooding, including counties in southeast Indiana. Members of FEMA and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security are conducting damage assessments in impacted counties. Additionally, Indiana’s State Disaster Relief Fund will provide up to $5,000 in emergency aid grants to Hoosiers in need of assistance. Last week, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun requested federal disaster assistance from FEMA, which has been granted by the president. This makes federal funding available to people who were impacted by storms in the following counties: Carroll, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Porter, Pulaski, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, Union and Wayne. People who sustained losses an...

  Then-Iran’s ambassador-designate to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani had his visa extended after it expired on Monday, despite the Lebanese government declaring him persona non grata , KAN News reported on Tuesday. Sheibani refused orders given to him in March to leave the country after the designation, which followed a summons by the Lebanese Foreign Ministry over Iran's violations of diplomatic norms and established practices between the two countries. Sheibani originally served as Iran's ambassador to Lebanon in the early 2000s, then was reappointed to the role in February, before the persona non grata designation. “I instructed today the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants to summon the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires in Lebanon to inform him of the decision to withdraw the agrément for the ...

  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, US, July 31, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Daniel Heuer) The United States will refrain from striking Iran "for the time being," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told several foreign counterparts, Axios reported Tuesday, citing a US official and a second source familiar with the matter. According to the sources, the US instead intends to pressure Tehran through other means, including the recently announced Operation Economic Outcast, though the official did not rule out a return to strikes should Iran attack the US first. Another US official said that the US Navy's clearing of mines from the Strait of Hormuz is a "watershed moment in the war," which removes one of Iran's main points of leverage in the war.