NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) said that it had intercepted an Iranian missile near Türkiye. The projectile was detected as it traveled through Iraq and Syria and was destroyed in a “timely manner” by the United States-led military bloc’s defenses, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The country’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that NATO anti-aircraft systems in the Eastern Mediterranean have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed for Türkiye’s airspace, according to a report by RT.  Debris from the interceptor missile used to destroy the incoming projectile fell in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, although it inflicted…

An alleged mastermind of an Iranian covert unit accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump in 2024 has been “hunted down and killed” amid Operation Epic Fury, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. “Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh,” Hegseth declared during a press briefing with reporters. “This is not a ‘mission accomplished’ situation. This is simply a reality check.”Iranian animus toward Trump traces back to his first term, when he authorized a January 2020 drone strike that killed General Qasem Soleimani, a powerful commander in the Quds Force. Since then, federal…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Few things in life bring as much joy as standing in your own backyard, slinging arrows into a target. To do that, you need room and a target. We can’t help you with the range space, but we can help you pick your next target. It wasn’t too long ago when targets for personal use were limited and made of not-so-durable materials. If you wanted good targets, you had to belong to a shooting club. Today, that’s not an issue. Whether…

Military forces from Ecuador and the United States have begun joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, the Pentagon said, although as of Wednesday specific details, including the location and scope of the operation, remained scarce.U.S. Southern Command said in a statement late Tuesday that Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces had launched “operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador,” calling the actions a “powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism.”A 30-second video accompanying a post on X showed a helicopter flying over a…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics As a fishing guide, Jack York wants every person he shares his boat with to become a better angler. So, when a return client asked York to help him learn a new lake with LiveScope, he happily rose to the challenge. “I’ve fished with this client a bunch of times and consider him a friend,” York tells Outdoor Life. “So, when he called and asked me to show him how to break down a lake, and to choose a lake I had never fished before, I…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Neil Gorsuch spent a portion of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments this week exploring what a “habitual drunkard” is as part of a case centered on whether a drug user is allowed to own a gun.Gorsuch questioned a Department of Justice lawyer on how gun restrictions for habitual drunkards in early American history compared to today’s law restricting drug users from owning guns. The DOJ was required to point to a strong historical comparison to prove the modern law was constitutional, and it chose to use the founding-era laws about habitual…

First flown in 1952, the Boeing B-52 has seen service in Vietnam, Desert Storm, the Global War on Terror — and now Iran. U.S. forces have hit 2,000 targets in Iran since the opening salvos of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, adding the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers to the air attacks, U.S. Central Command reported Tuesday morning.The long-range, heavy bomber has the potential to become the first military aircraft to remain in service for a century. As of Sunday night, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers conducted long-range strikes deep inside Iran. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Every crappie angler loves the spring. All across the country crappies go through their spawn-season progression at various times depending on region. And during certain parts of the spawn, crappies can be found in large schools, feeding aggressively. Target crappies at the right time and anyone can feel like an expert crappie angler. But when do crappie spawn where you fish? Where do you find crappie in the spring? And, most importantly, how do you catch them? To help you put more crappies in the boat,…

​Sri Lanka’s navy and defense ministry have confirmed that an Iranian warship has been sunk off its coast. They said that the vessel ⁠had been attacked by a submarine. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told parliament ​that the ship, identified as IRIS Dena, had sunk. Pete Hegseth, the Department of War chief, took responsibility for the sinking of the IRIS Dena. While speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Hegseth said the Iranian vessel had “thought it was safe in international waters.” “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death,” Hegseth stated, Herath said that while an investigation will come…

JERUSALEM — An Israeli F-35I fighter jet shot down an Iranian Yak-130 in an air combat that lasted “few seconds,” marking the first kill of a manned fighter jet by an F-35, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said on Wednesday.Israel’s announcement comes amid the ongoing “Epic Fury” military operation, a joint U.S.-Israeli strike against military targets in Iran.In another first, the U.K. reported that its Royal Air Force’s F-35B jets had intercepted Iranian drones above Jordan as part of a defensive mission alongside “Epic Fury,” marking the first targets destroyed by the British warplane type.The Israeli Version of the F-35…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Rolling knife sharpeners have gained a lot of popularity in the last several years because they make sharpening incredibly easy. There are plenty of companies producing their own take on these user-friendly sharpener. But, with all the choices, which one works best? Do they actually get knives that sharp? I put seven rolling knife sharpeners to the test by sharpening a wide variety of blades. That hands-on testing helped me figure out what worked, and what didn’t. The sharpeners ranged in…

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This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Here are the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict:  Iraq’s crude oil output is being significantly curtailed. An update from Iraq specifies a shutdown of 460,000 bpd at West Qurna 2 and a cut of 700,000 bpd at Rumaila, while warning that more than 3 million bpd could be forced offline in the coming days if tanker access remains limited. Export crude bottlenecks are developing across Iraq. Storage at southern export terminals is nearing critical capacity because tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been paralyzed. Iraq…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Second Amendment expert is accusing Minnesota Democrats of attempting to sideline policy advocates as they push for passage of a pair of gun control bills, arguing the lawmakers are leaning on emotional appeals instead of debating the measures’ real-world impact.Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom who specializes in gun policy, told Fox News Digital in an interview that Democratic members of a Minnesota House panel appeared to arbitrarily reject her written testimony ahead of a key hearing on the bills and resisted allowing her to testify in…

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members.“She was almost home,” her husband, Joey Amor, said from their home in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, on Tuesday. “You don’t go to Kuwait thinking something’s going to happen, and for her to be one of the first – it hurts.”Amor was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war on Sunday and identified Tuesday by the Pentagon; two soldiers haven’t yet been…

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