September 20, 2026

What Happened Today – September 19, 2026

September 20, 2026 by George Bounacos

Still from Department of Defense surveillance video showing a US missile descending toward a boat in the Caribbean Sea

A US missile closed in on a Caribbean boat that the military said carried drugs but offered no evidence, bringing the death toll from 69 strikes to at least 231. (Still from Department of Defense video)

Iran-backed Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh today, three days after Donald Trump said “hopefully we’re toward the end” of the war. Saudi Arabia says it shot the missile down. By evening, American embassies in nine countries were warning citizens that airspace across the region could close, and the State Department said the fighting … Read more