WASHINGTON: The US military said Monday it killed two people in its latest strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific. President Donald Trump&#39;s administration began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, insisting it is effectively at war with alleged &quot;narco-terrorists&quot; operating out of Venezuela. &quot;Two narco-terrorists were killed, and one survived the strike,&quot; US Southern Command said in a statement on X. It added that the US Coast Guard was notified to &quot;activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor.&quot; Administration officials have provided no definitive evidence that the vessels are involved in drug trafficking, prompting heated debate about the legality of the operations that have expanded from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Monday&#39;s lethal attack brings the total killed to at least 130 in 38 such strikes. It also marks the third reported US strike on an alleged drug boat in the region since the January capture by US special forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who had said the American campaign of strikes was aimed at pushing regime change in the South American country. The leftist leader is incarcerated in the United States, where he has pleaded not guilty to drug and weapons charges. Last month, the relatives of two Trinidadian men killed in one of the strikes sued the US government for wrongful death in an October 14 strike.

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The US military said it killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, part of an expanded campaign targeting suspected narco-terrorists, bringing total deaths to at least 130.

Two killed in US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific: military

PARIS: Iran would strike US military and shipping targets in the event of a new attack by the United States during an ongoing wave of protests, the parliament speaker said on Sunday. &quot;In the event of a military attack by the United States, both the occupied territory and centers of the US military and shipping will be our legitimate targets,&quot; Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told parliament in comments broadcast by state TV, apparently also referring to Israel, which the Islamic Republic does not recognize and considers occupied Palestinian territory. &#39;Significant&#39; arrestsMeanwhile, Iran has made significant arrests of key figures in the protest movement that has swept the Islamic Republic over the last two weeks, the national police chief said Sunday. &quot;Last night (Saturday evening), significant arrests were made of the main elements in the riots, who, God willing, will be punished after going through legal procedures,&quot; Ahmad-Reza Radan told state TV, without giving details on the number or identities of those arrested. Iran&#39;s president to address nationMeanwhile, IRIB, Iran&#39;s state TV, said&nbsp;President Masoud Pezeshkian will address economic plans and &quot;people&#39;s demands&quot; in an interview on Sunday. It comes after two weeks of protests sparked by anger over the rising cost of living. &quot;In a conversation with the national media, the president laid out the status of the government&#39;s major economic plan to reform the subsidy system, and also discussed recent events and the government&#39;s approach to responding to the people&#39;s demands,&quot; IRIB state TV said, noting the interview would be broadcast later Sunday.

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Iran has made significant arrests of key figures in the protest movement that has swept the Islamic Republic over the last two weeks, the national police chief said Sunday.

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Two killed in US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific: military

Iran to target US military, shipping if attacked: Parliament speaker