Iran says it struck a U.S. military boat in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the latest exchange between the countries after a month of calm.

Sometimes the surveillance state works against the actual state. According to a report from Reuters, several branches of the military have now disabled advertising trackers on phones and computers after it was found that location information purchased through data brokers was used to target American forces in the Middle East.

The United States military has not confirmed an attack. The reports came after a barrage of U.S. strikes in retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships and American forces.

A successful flight test demonstrated that aircraft can navigate over the open ocean without

President Laura Fernandez notes that Congress would need to approve any US military operations within the country.

Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station.

Flying boats were used in multiple wars for various kinds of missions, but the U.S. military ultimately replaced them with traditional planes.

About 50 officers on the US Joint Staff were interrogated over reports detailing depleted weapons stockpiles, NYT says.

The new security measures come after commercial data was used to track and target U.S. forces in the Middle East.