1. President Trump is off to join other world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, where tense negotiations are expected on trade, climate change, Iran, and other global issues. Trump will meet with one-on-one with eight leaders on the...
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A pair of coordinated attacks against six tankers off the Emirati coast and the Gulf of Oman in mid-May and mid-June prompted the US and its allies to express "grave concerns" and to accuse Iran of being involved. Tehran has denied the charges,...
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If the US goes to war with Iran, the biggest losers will be the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, an Iranian scholar told Sputnik Wednesday. With the Houthis on the offensive already, an Iranian attack on Saudi infrastructure in the early hours...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Wednesday US President Donald Trump's threats to destroy Iran, in case Tehran attempted to attack anything under US sovereignty, illegal under international law.
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The meetings of the defence ministers come amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran, which have led Donald Trump to impose additional sanctions on Tehran.
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(Scott Johnson) If you want to understand the current state of the conflict with Iran, I urge you to read Michael Doran’s invaluable Mosaic essay “What Iran is really up to.” The stakes are high and the conflict is complicated. ...
Trump expects to tackle the trade war with China, tensions with Iran, and stalled talks with North Korea during the G-20 summit.
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Night two of high-stakes Democratic debates in Miami, the Supreme Court completes its term, Iran may break nuclear deal amid U.S. tensions and more things to start your Thursday morning.
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The senator from New Jersey said he would try to craft a new agreement to address international concerns over the Islamic Republic's nuclear capability.
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Summary
The debate season for the 2020 presidential election kicked off with 10 Democratic candidates taking the stage in Miami and exaggerating or garbling the facts on Iran, wages, Medicare, the opioid crisis and guns.
Sen. Cory Booker claimed...
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Iran’s work on uranium enrichment has proceeded in fits and starts, but now experts generally believe that if it exits the nuclear deal, it could make enough highly enriched...
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Washington and Tehran are locked in a political, economic, and propagandist confrontation – and there is no apparent way out.
One route to de-escalation could be direct talks between the US and Iran, either on a bilateral...
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While the rest of the candidates at the first Democratic debate tonight have been doing their best to out-socialist each other, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been trying to keep the country out of war.
When asked whether she would rejoin the 2015 Iran...
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Iran’s downing of a US military surveillance drone last week predictably led to another flare-up in tense relations between Tehran and Washington. What could be the implications of a potential conflict between the...
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Senate will be voting on Friday on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would block the White House from taking military action against Iran without congressional approval.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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Meghan McCain vehemently protested against the allegations of her co-hosts on Wednesday after they compared Iran's treatment of gay citizens to the way that gay citizens in the United States are treated.
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McCain and her fellow...
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday he does not want a war with Iran but warned that if fighting does break out, it “wouldn’t last very long,” even as Iran’s president tried to tamp down soaring tensions. Trump also hinted...
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Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. says his country will exceed limits on low-enriched uranium set by the 2015 nuclear accord unless Britain, France and Germany take timely, practical steps to preserve the deal
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A vitriolic round of threats and barbs on Tuesday seemed to leave little room for diplomacy.
During a television interview, the president also referenced his decision to call off a planned military strike, saying, “I’ve been very nice to them.”
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