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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 17, 2026

A screengrab from a video posted online by the US military, after Marines boarded the M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman on July 16.

Iran and US step up attacks, release of American in dispute

Who is afraid of Germany?

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, seen here visiting the Guard Battalion in Berlin on July 15, is in charge of a growing military.

Strait of Hormuz a ‘red line’, warns Iran, vowing to resist to the end

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 16.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 16, 2026

Why America keeps pressing its allies and partners to spend more on defence

US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8.

In a first, US forces used naval drones in combat operations in Iran

A US one-way attack surface drone approaches its target, a submarine and ship maintenance facility, in Bandar Abbas, Iran, as seen in this screengrab released July 13.

Iran says it hits US military targets in the Gulf, prepares to bury slain leader Khamenei

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be buried at the country’s holiest shrine in Mashhad.

US military deploys over 900 personnel to Venezuela for earthquake response

US Marine Corps military aircraft are deployed to support relief operations following earthquakes in Venezuela.

Iran, US step up attacks and threaten to escalate conflict

American sailors preparing an E-2D Hawkeye for flight aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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