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Apparently stung by the Iranian president's barb that his White House was "mentally retarded," an angry President Trump on Tuesday again threatened the country with "obliteration." "Iran's very ignorant and insulting statement,

President Donald Trump signs order targeting Iran's supreme leader and associates with additional financial sanctions.

The US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital campaign. Washington Post sources say the President greenlit a long-in-the-making cyberattack that took...

Amid a series of dramatic reports about the administration's response to Iran's escalation of tensions with the U.S., Fox News host Tucker Carlson dedicated his monologue Thursday night to criticizing the "warmongers in Washington" and def

On Thursday, President Donald Trump decided to launch a counterstrike against Iran in retaliation for Iran shooting down an American drone. But before the strike could be carried out, he rescinded the order. What did Iran do? On Thursday morning, Iran sho

President Donald Trump says he called off a planned airstrike against Iran on Thursday night, just minutes before the bombs ...

Iran reportedly shot down a high-altitude United States Navy drone on Thursday.

Iran flatly denies attacking merchant ships, but U.S. Navy shows journalists leftover parts of mine and says it has finger prints

One thousand additional troops are being sent to the Middle East to deal with the threat from Iran, the Pentagon announced Monday afternoon in an emailed statement to Pentagon reporters.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks after attacks on two oil tankers off the coast of Iran renewed fears of conflict in the Middle East.

Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington

A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said. The ... Click to Continue

Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, home to Emirates, is the world's busiest for international travel, while long-haul carriers Etihad and Qatar Airways also operate here.

Germany and the Netherlands announced Wednesday that they will suspend military training operations in Iraq after the United States warned of an increase in Iran-related threats,

Republicans and Democrats say they should be briefed on why U.S. diplomatic missions in Iraq were evacuated and the alleged Iranian threat behind the move.

The State Department ordered Wednesday the departure of non-emergency US government employees from Iraq amid increasing tensions with Iran and warned US citizens not to travel to the country, citing a

President Trump denied a report from the New York Times that his top national security aides discussed a plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East in case of a fallout with Iran, adding that if they were planning to, "we'd send a hell o

President Hassan Rouhani called Saturday for unity among Iran's political factions to overcome conditions that he said might be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq, state media reported as the country faces tightening U.S. sanctions. U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. is readying its military and diplomatic tools so that President Donald Trump has

Israel and Hamas hurtled into their deadliest bout of fighting in five years on Sunday as Palestinian militants and the Israeli military traded barrages.