World Sep 14 Iran says it has successfully launched another satellite into orbit Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.
Politics Sep 03 WATCH: Pentagon addresses protection of shipping lanes after latest Houthi attacks on tankers The Houthis have targeted more than 80 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October.
World Aug 31 15 suspected ISIS militants killed in joint U.S., Iraq raid The U.S. military's Central Command said the militants were armed with “numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts” during the raid Thursday, which Iraqi forces said happened in the country's Anbar Desert. Officials said seven U.S. troops were hurt during…
World Aug 29 Video shows Houthi rebels planted bombs on tanker, putting Red Sea at risk of major oil spill Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill.
World Aug 27 Iran’s supreme leader open to new negotiations with U.S. on Tehran’s nuclear weapons program Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told its civilian government on Tuesday that there was "no harm" in engaging with its "enemy." Khamenei's remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian.
World Aug 13 Ship in the Red Sea targeted in a third suspected Houthi attack The attacks come as the Yemeni rebels' main sponsor, Iran, weighs possible retaliation against Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh in July, which has renewed fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.
Politics Jul 08 WATCH: State Department holds daily briefing following French and Iranian elections The U.S. State Department called the Iranian election “not free or fair" and noted that “a significant number of Iranians chose not to participate at all.”…
World Jul 08 Destruction in Gaza pushed Hamas to soften cease-fire demands, several officials say Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in Gaza likely pushed Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire.
World Jul 06 Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili Pezeshkian's win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war, Iran's advancing nuclear program, and a looming election in the United States that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran…
World Jul 05 Iranians vote in presidential runoff between hard-liner Jalili and reformist Pezeshkian Iran was holding a runoff presidential election Friday pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker, though both men earlier struggled to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots in the first round that saw the lowest turnout in the…