US Deletes Post Saying Navy Escorted Oil Tanker Through Hormuz
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday deleted a post on X in which had said the U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz “to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets.”…
SpaceX May Go Public on Nasdaq in Historic Debut
NEW YORK – Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is leaning toward listing its shares on the Nasdaq for what could rank as the biggest initial public offering of all time, according to four people familiar with the company’s…
Trump Administration Reports $5.6B Cost in First Two Days of Iran War
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said it used $5.6 billion in munitions during the first two days of strikes against Iran in a report provided to U.S. congressional committees, a source familiar with the information said on Tuesday….
Top U.S. General Says Iran Fighting Back but Not Stronger Than Expected
WASHINGTON – Iran is fighting back but is not tougher than the U.S. military expected before the war, the top U.S. general told reporters on Tuesday, as the Pentagon promised its most intense day of strikes in the 10-day-old conflict….
State Department Moves to Label Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a Terror Group
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a specially designated global terrorist and intends to designate it as a foreign terrorist organization effective March 16, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
Pentagon, FAA to conduct testing on high-energy anti-drone laser system in New Mexico
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon said on Friday it will conduct testing with the Federal Aviation Administration this weekend in New Mexico of a high-energy laser used to address threatening drones. “This upcoming event will specifically address FAA safety concerns while…
White House says US well on way toward controlling Iran airspace
WASHINGTON – The United States is well on its way toward controlling Iranian airspace, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday, adding that Washington expects the achievable U.S. objectives to be completed in four to six weeks. Speaking…
US files complaints for $15.3 million in proceeds allegedly linked to Iranian oil network
The United States on Friday filed two civil forfeiture complaints for more than $15.3 million used to allegedly fund an illicit Iranian oil distribution network, the Justice Department said in a statement. The complaints by the Justice Department allege that…
Trump Says U.S. Should Help Decide Iran’s Next Leader After Khamenei
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters in a telephone interview on Thursday that the United States will have a role in choosing Iran’s next leader. Trump said it was very early in the process of picking a new…
Israel Strikes Tehran Again After Killing Iran’s Supreme Leader — Leadership Council Takes Over
JERUSALEM/TELAVIV/DUBAI – Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pitched the Middle East and the global economy into deepening…
Trump Says U.S. Forces Sinking Iranian Navy Amid Intensifying Iran Conflict
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. military was sinking Iran’s Navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and “going after the rest.” Trump made the announcement in a social media post as the…
Trump Claims Iran Open to Talks Amid Escalating Conflict
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s new leadership wants to talk to him and that he has agreed, according to an interview with the Atlantic magazine. “They want to talk, and I have agreed to…
Trump Says US Operations Against Iran Moving ‘Ahead of Schedule’
U.S. President Donald Trump told CNBC on Sunday that U.S. military operations against Iran are “ahead of schedule.”
Trump’s Iran strike tests MAGA unity ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON – Some of the most prominent voices within Donald Trump’s MAGA movement spoke out on Saturday against his attack on Iran, warning it could hurt Republicans in November’s midterm elections, but there was no immediate sign of outright rebellion…
US strikes on Iran spark travel chaos as airlines cancel flights
DUBAI/LONDON – Airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday, including to and from the world’s busiest travel hub Dubai, after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. Flight maps showed airspace over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel and…
Targeted by airstrikes, Ayatollah Khamenei has Iran in iron grip
Among the first targets in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday was the headquarters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an inveterate foe of the West who has crushed internal opposition while supporting proxy forces across the region….
US Targets Oil Tanker Loaded With Venezuelan Crude in Ownership Bid
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is seeking to take ownership of Motor Tanker Skipper, an oil tanker it seized in December, and 1.8 million barrels of crude oil cargo supplied by Venezuelan state-run company PDVSA, the Justice Department said on Friday….
Rubio Heads to Israel Amid Escalating Iran Crisis
WASHINGTON- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel next week, where he will discuss Iran, the State Department said in a statement on Friday, as the U.S. has assembled a large military force in the region amid…
Death of Near-Blind Refugee in Buffalo Sparks Questions Over Border Patrol Release
A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol, has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday. Police officers in the upstate New…
Trump Iran Missile Allegation Lacks Intelligence Backing, Officials Say
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by U.S. intelligence reports and appears to be exaggerated, according to three sources familiar with intelligence reports,…