Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, noted ‘an accumulation of complexities’ in the wider Middle East amid Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Officials said the sale, done without U.S. government authorization, violated export control laws and also improperly benefited Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard
Khamenei and accounts associated with the supreme leader had been praising the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel
The U.S. Secretary of State began his fifth tour of the region on Monday after Washington struck targets in Iraq and Syria, where six U.S.-allied fighters were killed by pro-Iranian militias
Russia’s deputy representative to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council following the attacks
Last year India sent three guided missile destroyers and reconnaissance aircraft to the Red Sea, positioning itself as a global player
‘Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,’ President Joe Biden warned
One of Iraq’s strongest Iran-backed militias, Harakat al-Nujaba, announced its plans to continue military operations against U.S. troops, despite other allied factions having called off their attacks
‘It’s time to take away even more capability than we’ve taken in the past,’ Austin said Thursday in his first press conference since he was hospitalized on Jan. 1
The president, who is trying to avoid escalation in a region where 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed, says he has already decided how to respond to the attack on a base in Jordan
The drone attack, which the Pentagon attributes to a militia financed by Iran, also wounded some 25 military personnel, the first casualties among U.S. forces since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza
The president said the United States ‘will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing’
The launch comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparking fears of a regional conflict
That summit meeting was seen as an effort to patch up frayed relations due to quarrels over a range of economic and geopolitical issues
There is a risk of the U.S. being drawn into a wider conflict in Iraq and beyond as anger over Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and U.S. support for Israel fuels the strikes by Iranian proxies
The declines were most notable in dry regions with extensive cropland, said researchers whose work was published Wednesday in the journal ‘Nature’
Launching these strikes allows Tehran to show strength without risking a wider confrontation with Israel and the U.S. Pakistan wanted to send a message to Iran and other neighbors
The last strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit 14 missiles that the command deemed an ‘imminent threat’
The area is a facing an explosive cocktail of forces, caught between strikes from Iran and Turkey, and America’s military presence. So far it’s managed to keep the situation under control, but it could ignite at any moment
The attack comes two days after Iran launched missiles against the group’s bases on Pakistani soil, which Islamabad called ‘unacceptable’
The attack on the Genco Picardy is the second in recent days targeting vessels linked to America after U.S.-led strikes targeting the Houthis
The attack also threatened to further ignite violence in a Middle East unsettled by Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip
This latest exchange suggested there has been no let-up in Houthi attacks on shipping in the region, despite the massive U.S. and British assault on the group
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has recalled its ambassador to Iran for consultations and summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad in protest over Iranian strikes that killed several civilians
The seizure comes after weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea
The U.S. is pressuring countries like Turkey to cut off the funds that feed the organization, which until it took power in Gaza was fueled by money from Iran and private donations
The terrorist group maintains multiple affiliates with the capacity to carry out high-impact attacks, especially in Asia and Africa, despite its weakening in Syria and Iraq
