President Trump says NATO is making “a very foolish mistake” after countries decline to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel says it has killed two top Iranian leaders in airstrikes. One killed was the head of the National Security Council, a hardliner who had been a negotiator on Iranian nuclear talks.

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of hitting a hospital in an airstrike that killed hundreds and wounded hundreds more. Pakistan claims its target was a military installation

Could the war with Iran lead to a world with more nuclear weapons, not less? Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Zeid Raad Al Hussein, about a potential new age of nuclear proliferation.

Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned over his opposition to the war in Iran. He had backed President Trump because Trump vowed not to get involved in new wars in the Middle East.

It comes weeks after a Republican lawmaker accused the justice department of a “cover-up” in releasing the Epstein files.

The exact number killed in Monday night’s strike by Pakistan is still not known, but is feared to be in the hundreds.

In eastern Ukraine, white nylon nets now stretch over roads and city streets, a low-tech defense against deadly FPV drones that dominate the battlefield and threaten civilians near the front line.

José Antonio Kast visited the ditch – a few feet wide and deep – on Monday, calling it a “milestone”.

Kent said he “cannot in good conscience” back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation.”

Severe weather is plaguing the US from coast to coast, bringing a mix of extreme heat and bitter cold.

As the war with Iran intensifies, Trump is demanding that allies help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And, a federal judge halts RFK Jr.’s changes to children’s vaccine policies.

Israel says it killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, the highest profile assassinations since the targeting of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.

Western countries fear Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon aims to force them to act on disarming Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, increasing tensions and urgency for a diplomatic solution.

NPR’s A Martinez speaks with historian Sergey Radchenko about how Russia benefits from the U.S. being at war with Iran.

Spain’s Prime Minister called U.S. strikes against Iran “unjustified.” When other foreigners in power have used similar language against the U.S. or Israel, they were sanctioned by the Treasury.

Asia is feeling the energy shock of the war on Iran. NPR’s A Martinez talks to Sam Reynolds of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.