Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead after US-Israeli strikes — 28 February 2026 (LINK)
Iran leadership sites targeted by US and Israel as Tehran retaliates with strikes across region — 28 February 2026 (LINK)
Iran says it has hit US base in Bahrain: also UAE, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait — (LINK)
Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz — 28 February 2026 (LINK)
OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon after Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic — 27 February 2026 (LINK)
— Anthropic had sought stronger guarantees that the Pentagon would not use its AI systems for autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance. Hours after the Trump administration's order, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday night that the company had struck a deal with the Department of Defense to deploy its models on the department's classified networks.
Pakistan and Afghanistan "at war" — 27 February 2026 (LINK)
— A cross-border attack by Afghan forces on Thursday was followed by Pakistani air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia.