US torpedoes ship in Indian Ocean as Iranian leader labels Trump ‘Israel First’

“This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it isn’t,” US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at a briefing. “We are punching them while they are down.”


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