North Carolina city and county seat; home to Fort Bragg on the Cape Fear River.
Drones and missiles target Saudi energy infrastructure amid a broader surge in US-Iran hostilities. Riyadh says the attacks were launched from Iraqi territory by Iran-backed militias; Iraqi authorities condemn the strikes while Yemen’s Houthis claim to have attacked Saudi shipping. The lull in fighting is punctuated by new strikes across the region as mediators push for talks.
Multiple U.S. service members have been killed or wounded in Jordan and northern Iraq amid ongoing U.S.-Iran hostilities. The dead include Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton and First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, with others injured or missing as CENTCOM says strikes in Iran are ongoing to degrade its military capabilities.