World Dec 06 Iran is poised to 'quite dramatically' increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA chief says The successful rocket launch comes as Iran's nuclear program now enriches uranium at 60 percent, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.
World Nov 29 Iran will begin enriching uranium at two of its main nuclear facilities, UN watchdog says It remains unclear how President-elect Donald Trump will approach Iran once he enters office, particularly as it continues to threaten to attack Israel amid its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
World Nov 24 UAE announces 3 arrests after Israel says rabbi who went missing in the country was killed Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.”…
World Nov 03 An Iranian-American is being held in Iran, U.S. says, amid high tensions following Israeli strikes Reza Valizadeh, an Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster, is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on…
World Nov 02 Iran's supreme leader threatens 'a crushing response' to Israel's retaliatory attack Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 attack on the Islamic Republic that targeted military bases and other locations and killed at least five people.
World Oct 27 Satellite images show damage from Israeli strikes at 2 secretive Iranian military bases An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite…
World Oct 25 Israel says it launched strikes on military targets in Iran after explosions heard near Tehran Saturday marked the first time Israel's military has openly attacked Iran, which hasn't faced a sustained barrage of fire from a foreign enemy since its 1980s war with Iraq.
World Sep 16 Burning oil tanker safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks, EU says The two events show the challenges still looming for the world as it tries to mitigate a monthslong campaign by the rebels over the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip.
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.