Iran amasses more enriched uranium than allowed by nuclear deal (Update 3)
Iran announced on Monday it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under its 2015 deal with major powers, its first major step in violation of
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Syrian state media: Israeli missile strike kills four civilians
CAIRO/BEIRUT, June 30 (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least
Last-ditch talks to keep Iran under nuclear limits headed for failure (Update)
Last-ditch talks to persuade Tehran not to exceed nuclear limits within days were on course for failure on Friday, as Iranian officials said their demands
Trump says ‘not talking boots on the ground’ if action taken against Iran
By Tim Ahmann and Babak Dehghanpisheh US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was “not talking boots on the ground” should military action be
Saudi Khashoggi investigation fails to address chain of command – UN expert
An official Saudi Arabian investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents has failed to examine who may have ordered the killing,
US pushes Middle East economic plan in face of Palestinian disdain and doubts
The Trump administration sought on Wednesday to win support for an economic plan it says will be a foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but which Palestinians
Iran’s president says America is pursuing ‘incorrect path’ (Updated)
America is pursuing an incorrect path, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the IRIB news agency. “Today I tell the Americans that
Iran says new US sanctions mean end of diplomacy
Iran said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently closed the path
Trump imposes new U.S. sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader
By Steve Holland and Stephen Kalin U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new U.S. sanctions on Iran on Monday following Tehran’s downing of an unmanned American
Many sticks, few carrots: Trump’s Palestinian policy
A series of dramatic policy moves by U.S. President Donald Trump on sensitive issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict preceded a U.S.-sponsored workshop opening in Bahrain
U.S. cyber attacks on Iranian targets not successful, Iran minister says
U.S. cyber attacks against Iranian targets have not been successful, Iran’s telecoms minister said on Monday, within days of reports that the Pentagon had launched
Kushner’s economic plan for Mideast peace faces broad Arab rejection (Updated)
Arab politicians and commentators greeted U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East $50 billion economic vision with a mixture of derision and exasperation, although some in
Trump says new sanctions on Iran to start Monday, dials back rhetoric
Iranian lawmakers chanted “Death to America” during a parliament session on Sunday after a speaker accused the United States of being the “real world terrorist”,
Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could
Trump ‘warned Tehran a US attack was imminent, called for talks’ (Update 2)
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because he it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran’s
Trump says Iran may have shot down U.S. drone by mistake (Updated)
U.S. President Donald Trump played down Iran’s downing of a U.S. military drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and that
Iran’s Guards shoot down U.S. “spy” drone in Hormozgan province
DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have shot down a U.S. “spy” drone in the southern province of Hormozgan, the Guards’ news
Has “the sacrificial lamb” arrived?: UN cites new recordings in Khashoggi murder (Update)
Moments before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered last October, two of his suspected murderers waiting at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate fretted about
Iran says it will not give Europe more time to save nuclear deal
Iran said on Wednesday it would not give European powers any more time beyond July 8 to save its nuclear deal by shielding it from
Europeans plan new Iran push but may be nearing end of diplomatic road
Britain, France and Germany plan a new push to keep Iran in the 2015 nuclear deal despite Tehran’s threat to violate one of its central