Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificWorld CupMiddle EastExplainedOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomySportHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuDonald TrumpTrump’s primetime speechHow Iran war fallout may shape US electionsA visual guide to redistrictingLive updates, US forces attack Iran for the ninth consecutive night as one US soldier killed in northern Iraq.A woman rides a motorcycle past a banner of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at Valiasr Square in Tehran on July 19, 2026 [Atta Kenare/AFP]By Heba Habib and Enes AbuomerPublished On 20 Jul 2026
US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has begun a new wave of air strikes against Iran tonight, for the ninth consecutive night, to continue degrading Iran’s military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
A US service member has died in northern Iraq after a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone, according to CENTCOM.
