Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — As Iran escalates its retaliation against the United States, the Trump administration is facing heavy criticism for telling hundreds of thousands of Americans to evacuate the Middle East before arranging a way out for them. 

The…

The Pentagon’s policy chief on Tuesday distanced the United States from the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying he was killed by an Israeli strike.

Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Elbridge Colby…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday backed the aims of the US-Israeli war on Iran but called for its early end, voicing fear for the global economy, as he visited the White Hosue.

Merz, who has been among Europe’s more hawkish voices on…

Colin Gray was accused of criminal recklessness in allowing his 14-year-old son Colt to have access to a rifle.

The father of a school shooter in the United States has been convicted of second-degree murder and…

By Ted Hesson, Susan Heavey and David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood by her remarks calling the acts of two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal…

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, some Russian hardliners were cautiously optimistic, hoping his unpredictability and transactional nature might benefit Moscow on…

By Federico Maccioni, Lucy Craymer and Rachna Uppal

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) – As Middle East tensions rise ever higher, tens of thousands of people are finding themselves stranded across the Gulf with few options for leaving a region suddenly…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will cut off all trade with Spain after Barcelona prohibited the US form using bases in on its territory to carry out attacks on Iran, Anadolu reports.

“We’re going to…

“If anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand.” Donald Trump denied that Israel forced him into attacking Iran, contradicting his own Secretary of State and Republican leaders who were saying the opposite just yesterday.