President Trump has backed off on his threat to bomb Iran's power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn't "fully opened" by Monday night and claimed that Washington and Tehran had held talks over the past two days, which has been denied by Iranian officials. "I AM...
The US is deploying thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East amid reports that President Trump is considering launching ground operations in Iran as the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic continues to escalate. US officials told Reuters on Friday...
On Saturday, an Iranian missile struck Dimona, a city in southern Israel near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, a facility where Israel first developed nuclear weapons and is believed to still be a crucial part of Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday called for the US to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, where most of the country’s oil exports pass, comparing the potential operation to the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. "Here's what I'd tell President Trump: Keep it up for a...
The Trump administration has issued a sanctions waiver allowing the purchase of Iranian oil for 30 days without the threat of US economic penalties, as it scrambles to address oil and gas prices that have been driven up as a result of the US and Israel launching a war...
The Iranian military has warned that if the US or Israel bomb Iran's power plants or other energy infrastructure, it will completely close the Strait of Hormuz and target similar infrastructure in Israel and regional countries hosting US bases. Lt. Col. Ebrahim...
The US military said on Thursday that a US F-35 fighter jet was damaged by suspected Iranian fire while operating over Iran and was forced to make an emergency landing. "The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition," said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a...
Israeli officials told The New York Times on Thursday that the attack on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field was coordinated with the US, despite President Trump claiming the US "knew nothing" of the plans to strike the energy infrastructure. The...
President Trump on Tuesday criticized the US's NATO allies, saying they were "making a very foolish mistake" for not entering the US-Israeli war against Iran, as his calls for other countries to send warships to open the Strait of Hormuz have been rejected. "NATO is...
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has commented on US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth invoking God and reading scripture during his press briefings on the US and Israeli war against Iran. During one briefing last week, Hegseth read from...
