The War Department on Monday identified a U.S. Army soldier who died Sunday from wounds sustained on March 1 amid Iran’s retaliatory strikes after the start of the war. The department wrote in a release that “Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Ky., died.”

Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind ‘socially acceptable mask’
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a “socially acceptable mask” of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli