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After using 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) during Operation Midnight Hammer against Iranian nuclear facilities, the USAF needs to replenish its arsenal. B-2 bomber drops a GBU-57 during a test(photo credit: US AIR FORCE)ByANNA AHRONHEIMFEBRUARY 16, 2026 10:25Updated: FEBRUARY 16, 2026 17:44 Amid high tensions between the US and Iran, the US Air Force has awarded Boeing a sole-source contract to replenish its arsenal of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs, which the US dropped over a dozen on Iranian nuclear facilities in June during Operation Midnight Hammer. According to a partially redacted justification notice posted online last week, the US …

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Ahead of transition to second stage of ceasefire, Gaza reconstruction, Hamas demanding to control Gaza politically. Israel National News Published: Feb 16, 2026, 8:07 AM (GMT+2)   Hamas terrorists in Gaza (illustrative)Ali Hassan/Flash90 Ahead of the transition to Phase B of US President Donald Trump’s plan for rebuilding Gaza, Hamas has set a new demand: to […]

“This gets us closer to deploy nuclear power when and where it is needed to give our nation’s warfighters the tools to win in battle,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Cooling towers at the former Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant during a tour by Constellation Energy in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, […]

Syrian Arab Army takes over Al-Shadadi in northeast of country, close to Jordan-Iraq border; site formerly housed prison where Kurdish forces held Islamic State members By AFP15 February 2026, 3:12 pm   Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit atop an armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern […]

Syrian foreign minister says talks focus on Israel withdrawing from lands seized after Assad’s fall. Dalit Halevy Published: Feb 15, 2026, 2:42 PM (GMT+2)   The Chod Hachanit brigade in SyriaIDF Spokesperson Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said that the current talks with Israel are focused on Israel’s withdrawal from territories it occupied in southern Syria […]

Blocking Iranian oil exports to China among the options, US official tells Axios; Geneva to host next round of US-Iran talks, though second American official sees ‘zero chance’ of deal By ToI Staff14 February 2026, 11:23 pm US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from […]

Mujahid clarified that the Taliban would show sympathy and possibly cooperate with Iran if requested, but the group is not committing to joining a retaliatory war against the US. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan November 10, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo)ByJAMES GENN FEBRUARY 16, 2026 01:41Updated: FEBRUARY 16, 2026 02:39The Taliban will aid […]

Deputy FM tells BBC ‘ball is in America’s court,’ says talks have been ‘positive’; Iran won’t give up missiles, senior diplomat says, calling them ‘defensive capabilities’ By ToI StaffToday, 11:21 am   Screengrab of Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, in an interview with the BBC, aired February 2026. (BBC) Iran is ready […]

A US delegation, including envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will meet with the Iranians on Tuesday morning. Iranian, American flags against backdrop of Iranian nuclear site. (illustration)(photo credit: Shutterstock/L_B_Photography, em_concepts)ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERSFEBRUARY 15, 2026 09:12Updated: FEBRUARY 15, 2026 13:19Two sets of diplomatic negotiations on Ukraine and Iran are scheduled to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, a […]

Tehran may have used the delay in the US’s potential strike to make the beneath-mountain facility nearly untouchable. A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following US airstrikes, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025(photo credit: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByYONAH JEREMY BOBFEBRUARY 12, 2026 12:42Updated: FEBRUARY 12, 2026 22:08 High-resolution satellite imagery of Iran’s largest and most crucial remaining nuclear facility shows a recent rush to protect it from potential US or Israeli aerial attack, according to the Institute for Science and International Security (the “good ISIS”). Satellite imagery on Tuesday appeared to show that Tehran has …

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PM insists any deal must address missiles, proxies; Trump: ‘Very traumatic for Iran’ if no deal reached; PM to skip Board of Peace meeting next week, miss AIPAC event By Lazar Berman Followand Jacob Magid Follow12 February 2026, 10:51 pm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of his return to Israel, February 12, 2026. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that US President Donald Trump believes the Iranians could be forced to accept “a good deal,” though the premier clarified that he is skeptical of the possibility. “I …

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