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Pompeo: US is Now Targeting Iran's 'actual Decision-makers'

The incident "will trigger a long cycle of regional escalation with significant risks to USA assets and Mideast energy infrastructure that nevertheless stop sho...

Defiant Trump doubles down on threat to Iran cultural sites

In that context, Pompeo said that if the USA military were to strike inside Iran, in the event Iran retaliated against America for the Soleimani killing, thos...

Julian Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren for president

Though Castro - who was the only Latino candidate in the large field of Democratic White House hopefuls - tangled a couple of times with former Vice President J...

Merkel, Macron, Johnson urge Iran not to flout nuclear deal

Meanwhile, Iraq's parliament voted in favor of a resolution calling for an end of the foreign military presence in their nation, an effort aimed at expelling th...

USA military tells Iraq it is preparing to 'move out'

Long before my time. "We're not leaving unless they pay us back for it", Trump said. Trump also said he would punish Baghdad economically if US troops were ...

U.S. military tells Iraq it is preparing to 'move out'

The US military informed its counterparts in Baghdad on Monday it was preparing for "movement out of Iraq", a day after the Iraqi parliament urged the governm...

Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Photos Raises Questions, Ex-Medical Examiner Says

The photos from inside Epstein's cell show bed sheets fashioned into two nooses. Alfonsi concludes "Disappointed that they never got to face Epstein in court,...

Sen. Graham Urges Senate Rules Change to Speed President Trump's Impeachment Trial

They've done enough damage. It's the Senate's turn now to render sober judgment as the framers envisioned. Mr. McConnell said Friday that senators first s...

Donald Trump says Soleimani was responsible for terror plots in New Delhi

Long-running US-Iranian hostilities escalated sharply last week with an attack on the US Embassy in Iraq by pro-Iranian militiamen following a US air raid on ...

British PM breaks silence on US killing of Iran military general

The architect of Teheran's overseas clandestine and military operations and head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force was killed last Friday in an American d...

Thousands march against pension reform in Paris

On Tuesday the prime minister is to meet unions for the next round of negotiations aimed at ending the pension reform strikes. Macron also said that people doin...

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei pays tribute to Soleimani

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei performed the official religious ritual for Soleimani's body. Iran has threatened retaliation against the USA f...

Singer Pink promises $ 500K to fight "gruesome" forest fires in Australia

Working in coordination with the U.S. Bureau of Land Administration, Forest Service, Nationwide Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Fish and Wildlife Ser...

Starmer: Election 'blew away' case for new Brexit poll

When will the next Labour leader be known? The freeze date for new members to join through the Labour Party website and be eligible to vote will be 5pm on...

Graham urges Senate rules change to speed impeachment trial

McConnell's statements have drawn substantial criticism, including from two Republican senators. "We need the truth", Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ...

'Return to right path' Beijing's new envoy tells Hong Kong

In general, communications between Beijing and Hong Kong are carried out through a Chinese government agency: the Liaison Office of the Central People's Gover...

George Lopez backs Iran calls for Trump assassination

What are your thoughts?" There is no evidence at this point that the alleged $ 80 million bounty was endorsed by the Iranian government. A eulogist at the ...

5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damage reported

There were no immediate reports of casualties. For perspective, a 2010 quake in Haiti that ultimately killed hundreds of thousands of people and did billions ...

'Iran' launches cyber-attack on USA government website warning 'we're always ready'

Other key USA government service websites, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration and the Healthcare.gov websites remained f...

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation suspends Canadian-led training mission in Iraq

Gen. Jennie Carignan, has been under Canadian command since it was launched in October 2018 at the request of the Iraqi government. The armed forces of Sweden...

Indonesian student jailed as Britain's worst rapist

Police said that there is evidence of Sinaga targeting at least 190 victims. The judge ruled his life sentence must include a minimum of 30 years in jail. She...

Boeing, FAA reviewing wiring issue on grounded 737 MAX

Boeing spokesperson Gordon Johndroe said that the issue was identified by the aerospace company during a "rigorous process" and they are analysing it further wi...

Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran

One of the rockets fired at the embassy struck a house, reports said . The procession began at the Imam Kadhim shrine in Baghdad , one of the most revered i...

Donald Trump reiterates threat to target Iranian cultural sites

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran on Monday mourned the assassination of senior general Qassem Soleimani. Over 5,000 USA troops have been deployed...

Trump Responds to Tehran’s Threats: ‘We Have Targeted 52 Iranian Sites’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on human rights in Iran at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Earlier today, US Pr...

Oil price could catapult to $150 a barrel following US-Iran escalation

About 5,000 USA troops remain in Iraq . The blowback over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general mounted Sunday as Iran announced it will no longer...

1st LD: Venezuelan president recognizes National Assembly's new board of directors

Venezuela's state television channel VTV broadcast images of rival deputy Luis Parra declaring himself head of the chamber, as Guaido and fellow opposition law...

Australia wildfires: How to help victims and firefighters

Firefighters joined by fresh teams from the United States and Canada were taking advantage of rainy and cooler conditions to tackle out-of-control blazes ahead...

JNU: Students across India to protest against campus violence

Police are conducting a flag march inside the campus. Dozens were hurt at a prestigious Indian university on Sunday in what police said were clashes between r...

Travel advisory: Leave Iraq now, MFAT says

But Trump has been undeterred, reiterating the threat Sunday. "These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran str...