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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he wants to build a global coalition against Iran during urgent consultations in the Middle East, following a week of crisis that saw the United States pull back from the brink of a military strike on Iran. P…

Image copyrightEPAImage caption The attack targeted rocket and missile systems run by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country…

President Donald Trump doubled down on his decision to not issue a retaliatory military strike against Iran after days of back-and-forth over his response to the country's strike on a US drone above or near Iran's territorial waters. Speaking just a day af…

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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…