Nukes

Syrias use of chemical weapons violated international norms, while Irans actions were rooted in Mr. Trumps decision in May 2018 to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and impose sanctions on Iran, driving down its oil exports and throttling its economy. It is,…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/8693400738/sizes/h/ War Is Boring Security, Middle East Tehran would respond, for starters. Wanna Bomb Iran? Here Are All of the Reasons It Could Backfire The enormous costs involved in engaging U.S. forces agai…

President Trump canceled a retaliatory attack on Iran after the nation shot down a U.S. surveillance drone, according to a U.S. official brief. USA TODAY WASHINGTON  Congressional Republicans were divided Friday following President Donald Trump's decision …

The Trump administration has been lucky. Now in a real crisis, and one of its own making, its cavalier ineptitude and absence of anything resembling process is on full public view. Threats and bombast get you just so far. Iran has called Trumps bluff. Just o…

(Adds details from statement, quote, background) BRUSSELS, June 20 (Reuters) - Senior officials from Iran, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia will meet on June 28 in Vienna to discuss ways to save the 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran, the European Uni…

U.S. President Donald Trump played down Irans downing of a U.S. military drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and that it would have made a big difference to him if the remotely-controlled aircraft had been piloted. While the comment…

Washington (AFP) - US National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to Israel at the weekend for "regional security talks" with top Russian and Israeli officials, the White House said Thursday amid spiking tensions with Iran. Bolton will meet Sunday with…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials said, though they disputed the circumstan…

The United States and Iran have been lobbing threats, fighting proxy wars, and imposing sanctions for decades. USA Today looks at over 60 years of this back-and-forth. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY U.S.-Iranian tensions heightened Thursday when a U.S. surveilla…

NUCLEAR weapons could still create "decisive results" and break stalemates during a war, Pentagon top brass have claimed. The ominous new document - since deleted -  is called 'Nuclear Operations' and suggests military chiefs could once again use the weapons…