America resumes attacks on Iran; Rescue efforts continue in the Himalayas, and more

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  America struck two rocket launches on Iran's Larak Island near the Strait

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  of Hormuz in its first known attack on the country since July.

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  An American official said United States forces had observed

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  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers preparing to fire missiles into the strait.

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