The U.S. military said it launched a new wave of strikes on Iran this afternoon in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a container ship that had been transiting the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. The American strikes targeted missile and drone storage locations, as well as coastal radar sites, the military said. Follow here for the latest updates.

A U.S. defense official told my colleague Helene Cooper that the attacks were not intended to renew major combat operations.

Earlier today, President Trump had called the ship attack a “foolish violation” of the fragile cease-fire between the two countries. His comments came after Iran asserted that it was a central authority in managing the waterway.

Rescuers head to Venezuela as quake death toll keeps rising

Survivors along Venezuela’s earthquake-shattered northern coast clawed through mountains of brick and concrete with their bare hands today, praying to reach people still trapped under the ruins.