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Around 400 ships were waiting to get through the Suez Canal as of Monday.The Ever Given container ship was blocking the path for almost a week.It's now fee,

A critical-care nurse in Pune received a gracious welcome on Sunday, May 17, as she returned home to her family after three weeks treating coronavirus patients.

Iranian authorities began digging a pair of trenches for victims just days after the government disclosed the initial outbreak. Together, their lengths are that of a football field.

CORONAVIRUS has claimed the lives of

The coronavirus death toll in Iran rose Sunday to eight — the largest outside of China — prompting neighboring countries to close their borders with the Mideast nation as panic over the outbreak mounts. The number of people currently infected

The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops have returned to their military duties.

Trump, who initially claimed no Americans were hurt in the missile strikes, said at a press conference in Davos that potential traumatic brain injuries are less severe than, say, missing limbs.

Three rockets landed inside Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday morning, Iraqi police sources informed Reuters. The rockets were launched from Zafaraniyah district outside Baghdad and are linked to Iranian militia support as tensions rise between the U.S.

Several troops injured in an Iranian rocket attack earlier this month initially seemed healthy after suffering brain injuries, a military source told the Washington Examiner on Friday.

The United States has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq and will assess the postings of American forces worldwide, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said yesterday.

11 troops reportedly were treated for concussions following last week's missile attack.11 troops reportedly were treated for concussions following last week's missile attack.

The decision to restart military operations in Iraq came less than two weeks after Iraq’s Parliament voted to expel all American forces from Iraq.

Iranian authorities say the person who filmed a video proving the country shot down a commercial plane has been arrested.

Seven months ago President Trump approved the killing of Qassem Soleimani if Iran continued escalating conflict with the United States.

President Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham in an interview that the imminent threat from Iran that provoked the United States to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani involved planned attacks on four US embassies.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday acknowledged that its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations

President Donald Trump said that Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani was threatening to blow up the American embassy in Baghdad.

U.S. Pentagon officials have confirmed Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner killing 176 people.

Analysts say the changed flight plans are expected to inconvenience as many as 15,000 passengers per day and lengthen flight times by an average of 30 to 90 minutes.

A PLANE that crashed killing 176 people hours after an Iranian missile strike on US bases was "likely" shot down and wreckage shows "obvious projectile holes", experts say. The Kiev-bound Ukraine International Airlines jet came down shortl