Iran can sink U.S. warships with 'secret weapons,' military official in Tehran claims
Iran can sink U.S. warships sent to the Gulf region using missiles and "secret weapons," a senior Iranian military official was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Mizan on Saturday. The United States on Friday announced the deployment of 1,500 troops to the ...
North Korean missile tests violated U.N. resolution, top Trump official says
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Saturday that North Korea's recent missile launches violated a U.N. Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to return to denuclearization talks. It was the first time a senior U.S. official has described the tests ...
The U.S. will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon said is an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the ...
Defying Congress, Trump OKs $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan
U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The Trump administration informed congressional ...
Abe considering Iran visit in June amid worsening tit-for-tat between Tehran and Washington
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Iran in June for talks with its leadership in a bid to help ease escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, government sources said Friday. Abe is expected to make a final decision after consulting with U.S. President Donald ...
Abe's skill as Iran-U.S. mediator to be tested during Trump's visit to Japan
As leader of a country that is a close ally of the United States and also has a long friendship with Iran, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to have his skills tested as a mediator between Washington and Tehran amid rising tensions between ...
Iran will not surrender to U.S. pressure and will not abandon its goals even if it is bombed, President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday, stepping up the war of words between the Islamic Republic and the United States. Earlier in the day, Iran's top military ...
Plan said in works to send up to 10,000 more U.S. troops to Mideast amid Iran threat
In a move to beef up defenses against potential Iranian threats, the Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East, U.S. officials said. The officials said no final decision has been made ...
Trump's foreign policy has finally run out of road
Iran, Venezuela and North Korea all show the problem with making threats you can't back up.
U.S. stance on Iran 'deterrence, not about war,' says Pentagon chief
The U.S. defense chief said President Donald Trump's administration was seeking to deter Iran but not start a war, after he briefed members of Congress. "This is about deterrence, not about war. We are not about going to war," Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told ...
Iraq caught in the middle of U.S.-Iran face-off
Scarred by two decades of conflict, Iraq finds itself caught in the middle of a U.S.-Iran tug-of-war, fearing it could pay the price of any confrontation between its two main allies. Analysts say third parties may seek to exploit the latest spike in tensions between ...
Iran quadrupled its uranium-enrichment production capacity amid tensions with the U.S. over Tehran's atomic program, nuclear officials said Monday, just after President Donald Trump and Iran's foreign minister traded threats and taunts on Twitter. Iranian officials made a point to stress that the uranium would ...
