The US military says four crew members died when a US Air Force refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq. Officials said the incident involved a second US tanker but was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine briefed media about the military operation in Iran on Friday morning, the second this week.

"When ships stop moving through that Strait, the consequences travel fast. Food, medicine, fertilizer and other supplies become harder to move and more expensive to deliver," Tom Fletcher, the U.N. un...