The United States has imposed sanctions on Hezbollah political officials, including members of the Lebanese parliament, accusing the group of threatening the “economic stability and security of Lebanon and the wider region”. The sanctions, announced on Tuesday, target parliament members Amin Sherri and Muhammad Rad, as well as Wafiq Safa,[…]
Friday’s meeting in Vienna among the remaining signatories of the embattled nuclear deal may be the “last chance” to save the historic accord, Iran warned. In comments carried by Iran’s Fars news agency, foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the gathering in Austria’s capital was an opportunity to see how[…]
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday of a U.S. political debate over President Donald Trump’s asylum policies. The picture of Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 24-month-old daughter Angie Valeria[…]
US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with “obliteration” if the country were to strike American targets, a day after his administration imposed sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Trump declared that “any attack by Iran on[…]
US President Donald Trump has vowed to impose fresh sanctions on Iran and said military action was still “on the table” as tensions continued to rise in the Gulf following the downing of an unmanned US drone by Iranian forces. Trump’s threat on Saturday came as Tehran warned Washington that[…]
The head of the Lebanese political and armed movement Hezbollah has warned that any war against Iran would cause the Middle East to “erupt”. Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that the United States “know well that any war on Iran will not remain confined to Iran’s borders. The entire region[…]
The US Senate has passed a resolution to end Washington’s involvement in the war in Yemen, but American lawmakers remain little closer to actually forcing President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw its assistance to Saudi-led forces there. The senators passed the resolution in 54-46 vote on Wednesday, invoking the War[…]
The United States grounded Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft over safety fears, raising questions why it took so long days after the Ethiopian Airlines crash killed all 157 people on board. The US was one of the last countries to shut down the Boeing model after two deadly downings in six[…]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said two would-be saboteurs have been caught “in flagrante delicto” trying to take down the communications system of the Guri hydroelectric dam. Investigation into who sent them is underway. Authorities reportedly apprehended the two “material” perpetrators of the vandalism in the midst of interfering with[…]
Republican Senator Marco Rubio accused Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince of going “full gangster” in the latest display of divisions within the US president’s own party over Washington’s relationship with Mohammed bin Salman. Speaking at a Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for the next US ambassador to Saudi[…]
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