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BREAKING: Five U.S. refueling aircraft fly over the Strait of Hormuz amid reports of explosions near the Iranian coast.

BREAKING: 🇨🇺🇺🇸 The US has now become Cuba's primary fuel supplier, shipping more than 1.6 million barrels worth over $230 million to private businesses through August. — WSJ

BREAKING: 🇪🇪🇷🇺 Estonia will close all road border crossings with Russia from December 1, citing an attempted Russian-ordered arson attack on a defense firm near Tallinn. — ERR

BREAKING: The Houthis (Ansarallah) have freed about 600 prisoners of war, The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed.

President Trump: I am in the White House having meetings on many subjects. Very exciting times for the USA. Great things are happening - We are the “hottest” Country anywhere in the World!

BREAKING: Iran's Sepah Pasdaran (IRGC) has released images of the second phase of the attack on Bahrain earlier this morning: During this phase of the operation, we targeted an American Patriot air defense system in Bahrain.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Public Relations: "To the honorable Iranian people, who are always present on the field, in the second phase of the decisive and crushing response to the blatant aggression of the United States military, the Air and Space Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the radar of the US air defense site at Al-Rifaa Helicopter Base in Bahrain with 6 drones." "The sound of the precise and successful impacts of these drones was heard in various areas of Bahrain, once again demonstrating the operational capabilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps." "The United States, which suffered a complete failure in its so-called ship escort program, which actually aims to smuggle oil through the Strait of Hormuz, is now seeking, through limited and random measures, to divert the world's attention from the reality of the closure of this vital passage." "However, the young and elite officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declare once again and loudly: The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and any aggression by the American enemy will be met with a harsher and more severe response." "Expensive American drones are falling one after another, and in this phase, a larger number of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drones have been sent towards American targets compared to the previous phase, so that the enemy understands that every aggression will be met with a harsh and calculated response."

WATCH: 🇸🇦 Sudden flooding in Mecca due to heavy rainfall.

🇮🇷 Iran in Ghana: Rubio, the Secretary of Famine, wants to starve Iranians: "They have to eat eventually." Iranian tables have never been empty. Washington's diet, though, hasn't changed in decades: all war crimes, zero conscience.

WATCH: The continued retreat of Saudi mercenaries from the fronts of Bab al-Mandab, Dhubab, and al-Arah.

WATCH: Footage showing Saudi-backed forces retreating from fronts in Southern Yemen.

BREAKING: The U.S. Air Force is permanently deploying F-15EX Eagle II jets to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, their first overseas operational deployment. Assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, they will replace the aging F-15C/D fleet.

🇺🇸 Flightradar has published images of US airspace before and after the suspension of flights in the country.

BREAKING: Ansar Allah forces are advancing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the besieged area; the remaining forces in the besieged area are currently engaged in a clash with Ansar Allah forces. They are trying to reach the port of Aden by boat.

BREAKING: Following the withdrawal of Saudi-backed mercenaries last night, Ansarallah forces captured Al-Kharaz Hill and the Al-Kharaz military base.

🚨 BREAKING: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran rules out suspending uranium enrichment or reducing enrichment levels for now, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.

WATCH: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps releases footage of six drones targeting a U.S. radar in Bahrain this morning.

🚨 New photos emerge of Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Chinese spy Alice Huang.

BREAKING: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps announced that six drones were used to target the radar system of a U.S. air defense site at Bahrain’s Al-Riffa helicopter base.