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F-18 Falls Overboard from US Aircraft Carrier in Red Sea 

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
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F-18 Falls Overboard from US Aircraft Carrier in Red Sea 

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)

A US Navy sailor suffered minor injuries when an F-18 fighter jet and its tow tractor fell overboard from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, the US military said on Monday.

In a statement, the Navy said that all personnel were accounted for.

The carrier, the Harry Truman, is aiding strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen.

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Trump Says Military Could End Iran Offensive in 2 to 3 Weeks

FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)
FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)
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Trump Says Military Could End Iran Offensive in 2 to 3 Weeks

FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)
FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)

US President Donald Trump has said the military could end its Iran offensive in two to three weeks and will shift responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to countries that rely on it for oil and shipping.

Trump said the US “will not have anything to do with” what happens next in the vital waterway that has been closed by Iran. Instead, he told reporters on Tuesday, the responsibility for keeping the strait open will rest with countries that rely on it.

The Israeli military said it carried out strikes on Wednesday on Tehran, where Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported blasts in several areas.

A brief military statement said Israeli forces had "completed a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure sites of the Iranian terror regime in Tehran.”

Israel also said early Wednesday it struck a plant supplying Iran’s regime with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, to allegedly use in a chemical weapons program. Iran acknowledged the strike on Tofigh Daru factory, but insisted it only supplied “hospital drugs” used in medical operations.

The strike happened Tuesday, both the Israelis and the Iranians said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted a picture of the factory in Tehran, writing on X: “The war criminals in Israel are now openly and unashamedly bombing pharmaceutical companies.”

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Italy Reportedly Refuses US Aircraft Use of Sicily Base for Middle East Operations

In this US Air Force handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs, a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility on March 20, 2026. (Photo by US Airforce / AFP)
In this US Air Force handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs, a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility on March 20, 2026. (Photo by US Airforce / AFP)
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Italy Reportedly Refuses US Aircraft Use of Sicily Base for Middle East Operations

In this US Air Force handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs, a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility on March 20, 2026. (Photo by US Airforce / AFP)
In this US Air Force handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs, a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury over the US Central Command area of responsibility on March 20, 2026. (Photo by US Airforce / AFP)

Italy has denied permission for US military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before flying to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday, confirming a newspaper report.

Daily Corriere della Sera reported "some US bombers" had been due to land at the base in eastern Sicily ⁠before heading to the Middle ⁠East. It did not say when they had been due to land.

The source, who was not authorized to speak to media and declined to be ⁠identified, also did not specify how many aircraft were involved or when Rome declined to give permission.

Corriere della Sera added that permission was not granted as the US had not sought authorization and Italy's military leadership was not consulted, as required under treaties governing the use of US military ⁠installations ⁠in the country.

The Italian defense ministry had no immediate comment.

Center-left opposition parties have urged the government to block the US use of bases in Italy to avoid involvement in the conflict.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government has said it would seek parliamentary authorization should any such requests be made.

Israel’s military spokesperson says 10 soldiers have died fighting in Lebanon since the start of the Israeli invasion, including four deaths announced Tuesday.

As of Friday, the military said 261 troops had been injured, 22 seriously, in fighting since the start of the latest war.

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Iran Media Says Strikes Put Desalination Plant on Gulf Island Out of Service

An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, December 10, 2023. (Reuters file)
An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, December 10, 2023. (Reuters file)
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Iran Media Says Strikes Put Desalination Plant on Gulf Island Out of Service

An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, December 10, 2023. (Reuters file)
An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, December 10, 2023. (Reuters file)

Iranian media said Tuesday airstrikes have put a desalination plant on Iran's Qeshm island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz out of service, though the report did not specify when the attack took place.

"One of the desalination plants on Qeshm Island was targeted... and is now completely out of service, as it is not possible to repair it in the short term," the ISNA news agency reported, quoting health ministry official Mohsen Farhadi.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said a strike had taken place there on March 7, accusing the US of a "blatant and desperate crime".

Qeshm is the largest Iranian island in the Gulf, stretching for around one hundred kilometers across the Strait of Hormuz.

It has become a popular tourist destination in recent years for Iranians thanks to its rare UNESCO-listed rock formations and turquoise waters, but is also heavily militarized, analysts say.

There have been several attacks on desalination plants in the ongoing war, sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.

Bahrain reported an Iranian strike on a facility on March 8, apparent retaliation for the US hit on Qeshm the day before.

Kuwait reported an Iranian attack on a desalination and electricity plant on Monday, which Tehran blamed on Israel.

The Middle East is among the driest regions in the world, with many countries dependent on desalination plants for domestic and industrial water supplies.

US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to "obliterate" Iran's power infrastructure, oil wells and "possibly all desalinization plants."