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B-52, Aircraft Carrier in Mideast over Iran Conduct Exercise in Arabian Sea

In this Saturday, June 1, 2019 photo, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the region, conduct joint exercises in the US Central Command area of responsibility in Arabian sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/US Navy via AP)
In this Saturday, June 1, 2019 photo, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the region, conduct joint exercises in the US Central Command area of responsibility in Arabian sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/US Navy via AP)
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B-52, Aircraft Carrier in Mideast over Iran Conduct Exercise in Arabian Sea

In this Saturday, June 1, 2019 photo, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the region, conduct joint exercises in the US Central Command area of responsibility in Arabian sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/US Navy via AP)
In this Saturday, June 1, 2019 photo, Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the region, conduct joint exercises in the US Central Command area of responsibility in Arabian sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/US Navy via AP)

The US military said Sunday a B-52 bomber and an aircraft carrier dispatched to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran have conducted a joint exercise together in the Arabian Sea.

The Air Force said in a statement that the exercise saw F/A-18 Super Hornets, MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters and E-2D Growlers from the USS Abraham Lincoln fly with the B-52 bomber.

The Air Force said the aircraft also "simulated strike operations" in the exercise, which took place on Saturday.

The White House dispatched the Lincoln and its strike force to the Mideast in May over an Iranian threat.

The US pulled out of Iran's nuclear deal a year ago. Since then, relations have grown tense as America imposes ever-tougher sanctions on Tehran.

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North Korea Mobilizes Military Helicopters for Flood Rescue

28 July 2024, North Korea, North Pyongan: This image provided by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on 29 July, 2024 shows flooded areas in North Pyongan province, according to KCNA. Photo: Uncredited/kcna/kns/dpa
28 July 2024, North Korea, North Pyongan: This image provided by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on 29 July, 2024 shows flooded areas in North Pyongan province, according to KCNA. Photo: Uncredited/kcna/kns/dpa
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North Korea Mobilizes Military Helicopters for Flood Rescue

28 July 2024, North Korea, North Pyongan: This image provided by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on 29 July, 2024 shows flooded areas in North Pyongan province, according to KCNA. Photo: Uncredited/kcna/kns/dpa
28 July 2024, North Korea, North Pyongan: This image provided by the North Korean state news agency KCNA on 29 July, 2024 shows flooded areas in North Pyongan province, according to KCNA. Photo: Uncredited/kcna/kns/dpa

North Korea deployed military helicopters to bring thousands of people stranded in a flood-hit zone to safety, state media reported Monday.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported leader Kim Jong Un last week "personally guided" a military rescue -- including 10 helicopters and navy lifeboats -- shaking the hands of the pilots "one by one".
Kim reprimanded officials for their failure to prepare and respond to the recent torrential rains, despite previous orders to enhance the country's measures against natural disasters, it said.
Last week, North Korea conducted a crisis response meeting to discuss strategies to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on agriculture, AFP said.
North Korea has been enduring record-breaking downpours, and one day in July Kaesong City experienced an unprecedented 463 mm (18.2 inches) of rain.
South Korea's meteorological administration said it was the highest recorded in the North in 29 years.
Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact on the isolated and impoverished North due to its weak infrastructure, while deforestation has left it vulnerable to flooding.
The North has been working to prevent floods, including releasing water from a dam near the inter-Korean border, raising flooding concerns in the South.
South Korea's environment ministry said in early July that North Korea had likely discharged water from the Hwanggang Dam near the inter-Korean border without prior notification, something they have not done in recent years.
Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years.
Pyongyang unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links with Seoul in 2020 and blew up a disused inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border.
It has not been responding to inter-Korean hotline calls since April 2023.