US online news organization Politico reported that Russia offered to stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington does the same in Ukraine. The US reportedly rejected the proposal.
The website on Friday quoted informed sources as saying that the proposal was made by Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy for Russian... Read More
Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Strait of Hormuz not open before 48-hour deadline-BBCPresident Donald Trump says the US will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not open within 48 hours – the waterway is vital for global oil shipping
Iran warns it will retaliate against all US-linked energy infrastructure in the Middle East if its power plants are attacked Trump also... Read More
Iranian missile strikes near Israeli nuclear facility, after Tehran says one of its sites targeted.
Iran has struck the southern Israeli city of Dimona with a missile, injuring at least 47 people. The target appears to have... Read More
Iran’s ability to threaten Strait of Hormuz ‘degraded,’ US says after underground missile sites bombed.
Iran’s ability to threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz has been “degraded” after the US bombing of an underground military facility... Read More
Israeli defense minister warns strikes on Iran to increase ‘significantly’
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on Iran in the coming week... Read More
Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ star Nicholas Brendon dead at 54
“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon has died at the age of 54. The news was announced in a statement posted on... Read More
Iran fires missiles toward Diego Garcia: Report.Iran launched two ballistic missiles toward a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The strikes did not hit the base on Diego Garcia, a small island in the Chagos Archipelago, officials told the Journal. One... Read More
Reuters: US sending additional Marines and sailors to Middle East. 5 hours Reuters on Friday quoted US officials as saying the US military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East. President Donald Trump had said the day before that he was not putting troops “anywhere.”
Reuters reports that the deployments involve an amphibious assault ship, the USS Boxer, and its Marine Expeditionary Unit. The officials said no... Read More
Trump rules out imminent ceasefire with Iran: ‘I think we’ve won’US President Donald Trump said Friday that he did not want a ceasefire with Iran, adding that the US military was “obliterating” the Iranian regime.
“We can have dialogue, but I don’t want to do a ceasefire,” he told reporters before leaving the White House. “You don’t... Read More