The Israeli assassination of Hamas's political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital of Tehran is expected to derail negotiations for a hostage and Gaza ceasefire deal. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani, who has been mediating indirect...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the US would defend Israel if it faces attacks in response to its airstrike in Beirut that targeted a Hezbollah commander and the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas's political bureau who was...
Former President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media site Truth Social that the US should wipe Iran "off the face of the earth" if he's ever assassinated. After the assassination attempt on Trump, CNN reported that the US had intelligence from a single...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) took a hawkish tone toward Iran in an interview following the news that he had been selected as former President Trump's running mate for the November election. "The most important part of the Trump doctrine of foreign policy is you don’t commit...
CNN claimed on Tuesday that the US Secret Service ramped up security around Donald Trump in recent weeks based on intelligence from a single "human source" that Iran was plotting to assassinate the former president, accusations Tehran rejected as "unsubstantiated and...
On Monday, the White House ruled out the idea of resuming negotiations related to Iran's civilian nuclear program despite the election of a new president who seeks a revival of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, which the Trump administration tore up in 2018....
Two more Palestinians were killed by airdrops of aid in Gaza this week when a parachute failed, and a pallet smashed into a warehouse, prompting the head of Gaza's Government Media Office to renew his call for an end to the practice. Several countries, including the...
On Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed that Tehran is not seeking a nuclear bomb and that weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine. "Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our...
Iranian officials have downplayed Israel's drone attack on Iranian territory, signaling there will be no response. "What happened last night was not a strike," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News on Friday. "They were more like toys that our...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that if Israel targets Iranian nuclear facilities, it will face "tit-for-tat" attacks on its nuclear sites. "If the Zionist regime decides to take action against our nuclear facilities and centers, it will...
