Jan 13 Watch 7:01 Iranians take to the streets to protest government after it admits downing plane After the U.S. killed an elite Iranian general, the regime in Tehran hoped to unify its people, many of whom had been protesting against Iran’s government for months. But then Iran’s military accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft and denied… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 6:58 News Wrap: Standoff over Senate impeachment trial to end next week In our news wrap Friday, the impasse over a Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is ending. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll move next week to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Also, the final U.S. jobs… Continue watching
Jan 10 Pompeo blames Iran for downing Ukrainian plane By Nasser Karimi, Joseph Krauss, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the highest-level U.S. official to directly pin the blame on Iran, after Canadian, Australian and British leaders announced similar intelligence conclusions Thursday. “We do believe it is likely that that plane was shot down… Continue reading
Jan 10 Iraqi prime minister tells U.S. to start working on troop withdrawal By Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Adel Abdul-Mahdi made the request in a telephone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday night. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 4:23 Iran says it has launched ballistic missiles at American air bases in Iraq By Nick Schifrin After trading threats with the U.S., Iran said Tuesday night it launched ballistic missiles on Iraqi facilities housing U.S. troops in retaliation for the American killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The attacks come after President Trump and top U.S. officials… Continue watching
Jan 07 WATCH: Trump pressed to explain motivation for Iran general’s killing President Donald Trump and his top advisers are under pressure to disclose more detail about the intelligence that led him to order the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which has greatly heightened tension with Tehran. Continue reading
Jan 05 Pompeo: U.S. is now targeting Iran’s ‘actual decision-makers’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: Trump says Iranian general’s ‘reign of terror’ is over Gen. Qassem Soleimani “made the death of innocent people his sick passion,” Trump said from his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, adding that “a lot of lives would have been saved” if he'd been hunted down years ago. Continue reading
Jan 03 Pompeo says U.S. strike disrupted ‘imminent’ attack By Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that Gen. Qassem Soleimani “was actively plotting in the region to take actions, the big action as he described it, that would have put dozens if not hundreds of American lives at risk."… Continue reading
Jan 01 Pompeo delays Ukraine visit after Baghdad embassy attack By Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to arrive in Ukraine late Thursday in his first visit to the country at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, then on to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus. Continue reading