LIVE BLOG30 May 2026 | 07:26:53 AM ISTSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)SynopsisIran War Live News Updates: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington is “more than capable” of restarting military action against Iran if needed, while warning of growing concern over China’s military expansion. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, he said Beijing’s historic military build-up has triggered “rightful alarm” across the Indo-Pacific.Iran War Live News Updates: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that Washington remains “more than capable” of restarting military action against Iran if necessary, while also sounding the alarm over what he described as China’s unprecedented military build-up, saying countries across the Indo-Pacific have “rightful alarm” about Beijing’s growing capabilities. Show more Show less1 New UpdateAnother US strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific OceanThe US military said it carried out another strike on Friday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the third attack this week and pushing the overall death toll above 200 people.US Southern Command announced the latest strike in the monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific with its usual language that the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations" and operated by a designated terrorist organisation. It provided no evidence.While the military's social media announcements always include video of the attacks, this appears to be the first with the footage in colour instead of black and white. The video shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it is hit and engulfed in a fireball. It cuts to what could be the boat in flames, surrounded by a large plume of parcels or some other objects spread around it in the water.The attack puts the death toll at 202 people from the series of US strikes that began in early September, with two other attacks announced on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Trump administration has declared that the US is at armed conflict with Latin American drug cartels, saying they are behind the flow of drugs into American communities.'Alarm' in Asia over China build-up, US seeks regional balance: HegsethThere is "rightful alarm" in the Pacific over China's military build-up and the United States seeks a regional balance where no state has unchecked power, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Saturday."When we look across the region today, there is rightful alarm regarding China's historic military build-up and the expansion of its military activities in the region and beyond," Hegseth told Asia's premier defence summit in Singapore.He added that Washington did not seek "needless confrontation in the region".Hegseth was speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together top defence officials and experts from around 45 countries. It has historically provided a setting for both open debate and behind-closed-doors diplomacy.Strait of Hormuz ship transits are rising thanks to help from USShipowners are increasingly optimistic about a pickup in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after more vessels left the waterway this week with the US providing information to aid those making the journey. Read moreOscar-winning 'Star Wars' editor Marcia Lucas dies at 80Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars" and was part of a group of women whose editing was essential to film's New Hollywood era, has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday. She was 80.Lucas, who was married to “Star Wars” creator George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, died Wednesday from metastatic cancer, attorney Deidre Von Rock said in an email to The Associated Press. She died in Rancho Mirage, California, surrounded by loved ones, Von Rock said.Marcia Lucas was the editor on 1983's “Return of the Jedi” and the pre-“Star Wars” George Lucas-directed films “THX 1138” and “American Graffiti.”She was also part of the editing team for director Martin Scorsese's 1970s films “Taxi Driver,” “Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore” and “New York, New York.”US 'more than capable' of restarting war with Iran: HegsethUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that Washington remains “more than capable” of restarting military action against Iran if necessary, while also sounding the alarm over what he described as China’s unprecedented military build-up, saying countries across the Indo-Pacific have “rightful alarm” about Beijing’s growing capabilities.