Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has emerged as a twofold concern for the United States as it nears the end of the presidential campaign. Prosecutors allege Tehran tried to hack figures associated with the election, stealing information from former President Donald Trump’s campaign. And U.S. officials have accused it of plotting to kill […]
Joe Biden has said the US is discussing with Israel the possibility of Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure. When asked if he would support such strikes, Mr Biden said: “We’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.” His off-the-cuff remarks, made as he left the White House, did not make clear […]
The US fired about a dozen interceptors at Tuesday’s barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel, the Pentagon says. US President Joe Biden said the US “actively” supported Israel’s defence at his direction. He said he had spent the morning in the Situation Room – the White House hub for handling serious national security […]
U.S. stock indexes were trying to bounce back in the final hour of trading on Tuesday, but the Nasdaq Composite was still facing a significant daily decline. The Nasdaq was off 1.5%, to trade at 17,923 as of 3:40 p.m. Eastern time, according to FactSet data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was losing 0.2%, to […]
Sirens blared across Israel and loud booms were heard late Tuesday after Iran launched a missile attack on the country. A U.S. defense official said the United States intercepted some of the missiles to help defend Israel. Israeli and American officials said nearly 200 missiles were fired towards Israeli territory from Iran, but there were […]
Iran is poised to launch an attack on Israel in the coming hours, according to the Israeli government and two U.S. officials. The Israeli military said Israel had been informed about preparations for the attack by the United States government. Three Israeli officials said the attack would involve unmanned drones and missiles fired toward Israel. […]
CNN — Missiles have been launched from Iran toward Israel and sirens are sounding across the country, according to a statement from Israel’s military. CNN teams on the ground in multiple locations across Israel have observed dozens of missiles flying above them. Some have been intercepted by Israel’s air defenses, although it is not clear […]
Fears are growing in southern Lebanon of what the days, weeks and potentially months ahead will look like after Israel launched what it said were “limited” ground raids across the border. Bassam el Hajj, a 60-year-old teacher living in the Lebanese border town of Rmeish, told NBC News that he feared for the worst last […]
When Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, told reporters in New York on Friday that the coming days will determine the future path of the Middle East, he could not have been more prescient, even if at the time he was hoping that Hezbollah and Israel could be persuaded to step back from the […]
Donald Trump has been briefed by US intelligence on threats from Iran to assassinate him, his campaign said. The Republican presidential candidate was briefed “regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States”, the campaign said in a statement. It did not […]