Elizabeth Tuttle was overjoyed when, on June 26, she received a call from NASA: her project to send a drone copter to Titan, Saturn's largest moon, was given the green light and a budget of nearly $1 billion. But the launch of Dragonfly won't happen ...
Israel says it is bracing militarily for possible U.S.-Iran escalation
Israel is preparing for its possible military involvement in any escalation in the Gulf confrontation between Iran and the United States, the Israeli foreign minister said on Tuesday. The unraveling of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal under U.S. diplomatic pressure, Iran's downing of a U.S. ...
United Nations warns U.S. and Iran to not 'sleepwalk' into war
United Nations members urged the U.S. and Iran Wednesday to step back from the brink of war and prevent an escalation of tensions. "Let us not sleepwalk into a military confrontation," Francois Delattre, the French ambassador to the world body, said in a Security Council ...
Iran vows to ditch more nuclear curbs in war of words with U.S.
Iran said Tuesday it will further free itself from the 2015 nuclear deal in defiance of new American sanctions as U.S. President Donald Trump warned the Islamic republic of "overwhelming" retaliation for any attacks. Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have spiraled since last year ...
Iran says 'idiotic' new U.S. sanctions shut doors of diplomacy amid White House 'mental retardation'
Iran warned Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top officials meant "closing the doors of diplomacy" between Tehran and Washington amid heightened tensions, even as President Hassan Rouhani derided the White House as being "afflicted by mental retardation." President Donald ...
Iran says U.S. sanctions on supreme leader close diplomatic path 'forever'
Iran said the path to a diplomatic solution with the U.S. had closed after the Trump administration imposed sanctions against its supreme leader and other top officials, ramping up tensions further in the Middle East. President Donald Trump on Monday slapped sanctions on Iranian Supreme ...
President Donald Trump's abrupt decision against military strikes may have prevented open military conflict with Iran, but it also showed him anew to be an unpredictable, unreliable, partner at home and abroad. Trump won his job partly on his claims to be a great dealmaker. ...
Mike Pompeo in Mideast seeks to build coalition against Iran but faces hard sell
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks Monday with the Saudi king and crown prince about countering the military threat from Iran by building a broad, global coalition that includes Asian and European countries. Pompeo is likely to face a tough sell in Europe ...
Iran says 'spy drone' violated airspace in May amid U.S. escalation
Iran said on Sunday a "spy drone" had encroached its airspace in May, about a month before it downed an American drone as part of a series of escalatory incidents between Tehran and Washington. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted a map saying the U.S.-made ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels strike Saudi airport ahead of visit by top U.S. diplomat
One person was killed and seven others were wounded in an attack by Iranian-allied Yemeni rebels on an airport in the kingdom Sunday evening as U.S. Secretary of State was on his way to the country for talks on Iran, Saudi Arabia said. Regional tensions ...
Iran downs U.S. surveillance drone, drawing warning then down-playing from Trump
Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. surveillance drone Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first time the Islamic Republic directly attacked the American military amid tensions over Tehran's unraveling nuclear deal with world powers. The two countries disputed the circumstances leading up ...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal. The U.S. military declined to immediately comment. The reported shootdown of the RQ-4 Global Hawk comes after the U.S. military previously alleged ...
