Iran's IRGC says it attacked US bases in Jordan in retaliation

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday it had launched a combined missile and drone strike on U.S. air bases in Jordan in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli aerial attacks on Iran's Larak Island Sunday night.

The Iranian military targeted "technical and maintenance infrastructure," as well as areas where "enemy fighter jets" were stationed at the King Hussein and Al-Azraq U.S. bases in Jordan, inflicting heavy damage, according to a statement on IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News.

The IRGC warned that hostile actions would not weaken Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, and said any further attacks would be met with a more severe response.

U.S. forces on Sunday struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, U.S. Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins said, marking the first known U.S. strike against Iran since late July.

"Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of Hormuz," Hawkins said in a statement, adding that the U.S. military was "monitoring the area closely and remains prepared to protect the free flow of commerce" through the strategic waterway.

IRGC said multiple military personnel and civilians were killed or wounded in the "U.S.-Israeli" attack on Larak Island in Hormozgan province.

Citing unofficial reports, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said that at least two people were killed and two others injured in the U.S. "drone attack" on the island.

Larak Island is a small Iranian island located off the coast of Bandar Abbas, east of Qeshm Island and south of Hormuz Island.

Iran's IRGC says it attacked US bases in Jordan in retaliation

Nepal's rescue operations in mudslide-struck Nuwakot are being challenged by treacherous terrain and a shortfall of resources, said a police officer on the ground Sunday.

The rescue mission is underway in northern Nepal as authorities rush to deliver life-saving supplies to survivors and relocate the affected after a devastating mudslide triggered by a sudden glacier collapse on August 26 unleashed catastrophic flooding in Bhote Koshi River and sweeping districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading.

At a relief distribution center along the route to Nuwakot, helicopters were seen taking off and landing in rapid succession, ferrying water, bread, and other essential supplies to remote communities that remain inaccessible by road.

"The biggest problem we are facing right now in rescue operation is the geography and the resources we have got isn't that enough," said B.R. Kanel, a local police officer.

A local volunteer said that the site is currently providing temporary shelter and assistance for approximately 500 displaced.

"The rescue operation is going on every day. We have been rescuing and taking people home at around 500 and more people like every single day from this specific barrack only," said a volunteer.

Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that as of 18:00 local time on Sunday, 781 bodies had been recovered from mudslide-hit areas, with 2,502 people still missing. Meanwhile, the country's police authory said 794 were found dead as of Sunday.

Rescue challenged by terrain while rescuers expecting more supplies after Nepal mudslide