Online videos appeared to show Iranian security forces firing live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests as popular anger swelled Monday over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and Iranβs failed attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy.
Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was βhighly likelyβ that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.
President Donald Trump says Iran appears to be βstanding downβ and said no Americans were harmed in Iranβs Tuesday ballistic missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.
Political contributor Mary C. Curtis discusses the tensions in the Middle East.
Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops in what the Iranian supreme leader said was a βslapβ against Americaβs military presence in the region.
A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capitalβs main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming debris and killing all on board.
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings.
A stampede on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week killed 40 people and injured 213 others, two Iranian semi-official news agencies reported.
The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States.
President Trump is informing members of Congress about potential action against Iran, via tweet. Trump has already said the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites for attack should the country strike "Any Americans, or American Assets" in retaliation for the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism advisory Saturday evening in light of the recent tensions with Iran.
Iranian state television reports that Iran will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal.
Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said.
American pop singer Pink says she is donating $500,000 to help fight the deadly wildfires that have devastated parts of Australia.
President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general βto stop a war,β not start one, but in the tense aftermath the Pentagon braced for retaliation by sending more troops to the Middle East. Democrats complained that Trump hadnβt consulted Congress, and some worried that the strike made war more likely.
The senior U.S. Senator from North Carolina Richard Burr who is also the chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a statement on the death of Iran's Qassem Soleimani.
Iran vowed βharsh retaliationβ for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdadβs airport that killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.
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After this week's impeachment vote, debate will continue over a possible Senate trial. Also, this week voting rights are back in the spotlight after a ruling by a circuit court judge in Wisconsin. And in the UK, a landslide victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party.
Teen activist Greta Thunberg says she was βa bit surprisedβ to be named Timeβs Person of the Year, despite becoming the figurehead of a global youth movement pressing for faster action climate change.
