State media: Iran test fires cruise missiles in naval drill

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported Thursday. The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 280 kilometers (170 miles). It said the tests took place...

US military offers condolences over Iran accident killing 19

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military offered condolences Thursday to Iran over a friendly fire incident in the Islamic Republic that saw an Iranian missile kill 19 Iranian troops, identifying the weapon that detonated as an anti-ship cruise missile. Iranian authorities on Monday said that...

5 things to know today - that aren't about the virus

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. NEW PROSECUTOR ON AHMAUD ARBERY CASE Georgia’s attorney general has appointed an Atlanta-area district attorney to oversee an investigation into the killing of a black man said to have died at the hands of two white men as he was jogging through a...

Iran says missile kills 19 sailors in training accident

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A missile fired during an Iranian military training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iranian authorities said Monday. The bungled training exercises took...

Iranian army says 19 killed, 15 wounded when missile strikes naval vessel taking part in exercise in Gulf of Oman

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian army says 19 killed, 15 wounded when missile strikes naval vessel taking part in exercise in Gulf of Oman.

State TV says an Iranian missile hit a support ship that was too close to a target during naval exercise in Gulf of Oman

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV says an Iranian missile hit a support ship that was too close to a target during naval exercise in Gulf of Oman.