Alleged plots against US campaign are only the latest examples of Iran targeting adversaries
Iran has emerged as a twofold concern for the United States as it nears the end of the presidential campaign.
Iran has emerged as a twofold concern for the United States as it nears the end of the presidential campaign.
The remains of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Herman J. Sundstad, who fought in Burma during World War II as a member of the famed Merrill’s Marauders outfit, have been identified and returned to family members in Minnesota after 80 years.
Brazil’s geological service says that one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship.
Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogenic drugs in a classified military research program more than 50 years ago are appealing for retroactive disability benefits after a federal court ruling found their constitutional rights were violated.
While it didn’t say it carried out the killing, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency HUR accused the security chief of collaborating with Russian forces. The explosion occurred two days after a car bomb killed a Ukrainian former judge, also accused of being a traitor.
A first set of measures could hit about a dozen individuals and entities, including engineering, metals and aviation companies. Separately, the U.S. has said it will sanction Iran for its recent attack on Israel and wants allies to do the same.
Several new laws and decrees punish posting criticism of the government, communism or Cuban leaders online or in a media outlet. Starting Friday, all media outlets in the country must also seek formal government approval to continue working.
Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.
After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary settlement of a strike by ports workers.
President Joe Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn’t know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a Mideast peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The United States and South Korea have tentatively agreed to a new deal covering the costs of maintaining the American military presence there, the U.S. State Department and South Korean foreign ministry announced Friday.
The International Criminal Court unsealed arrest warrants Friday for six men allegedly linked to a brutal Libyan militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020.
The massacre is one of the worst in Haiti’s Artibonite department, an agricultural region that has increasingly been terrorized by gang violence that is metastasizing from the capital.
The spending, detailed in two Sept. 6 budget documents submitted to congressional defense committees, helps shine a light on the cost of maintaining a stepped-up presence in the region.
The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, U.S. officials confirmed.
The legislation would require the State Department to regularly report to Congress on whether the human rights violations committed by the Sudanese army and the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have risen to the level of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity.
An estimated 86,000 U.S. citizens are currently trapped in Lebanon. The State Department said it has been able to find about 800 spots on commercial flights out of Lebanon, but advocates say flights are increasingly scarce and are prohibitively expensive.
Iran’s supreme leader on Friday praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it was ready to do it again if necessary, state TV reported.