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Trump Says He halted US Strike on Iran over Possible Casualties

US President Donald Trump said Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because he estimated it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned US spy drone. Trump said the plan was to hit three different sites in response to the drone’s downing ...

June 21, 2019

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Trump Pulls Back from Launch of Military Strikes on Iran After Initial Approval: NYT

US President Donald Trump approved a military operation against Iran after the downing of a US Global Hawk spy drone, but stepped back from launching it on Thursday night, The New York Times reported. According to the report, military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike order as late as ...

June 21, 2019

World

US Senate Votes to Kill Saudi Arms Sales, Defying Trump Veto Threat

The Senate passed 22 measures aimed at blocking White House plans for $8.1 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates―setting up a veto showdown with President Donald Trump. The disapproval resolutions passed in three votes. A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to pass each measure, ...

June 20, 2019

World

Trump: ‘Iran Made a Very Big Mistake!’

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Tehran had made a “very big” error, after Iranian forces shot down a US spy drone near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “Iran made a very big mistake!” he tweeted in his first public reaction to the strike. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

June 20, 2019

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US Confirms Drone Was Shot Down by Iranian Missile

The US military confirmed that a military surveillance drone had been downed with an Iranian surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz but insisted that it had not breached Iran’s airspace. “US Central Command can confirm that a US Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (or BAMS-D) ISR aircraft was shot ...

June 20, 2019

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Moscow Slams US Over Escalating Tensions With Iran Through New Deployments to Middle East

Russia regrets that the United States continues pursuing the policy of stirring up confrontation with Iran and asserting its military might, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday, commenting on new US deployments to the Middle East. “We can only regret that there is no sign of abandoning ...

June 20, 2019

World

US Reportedly Weighing Three Sets of Sanctions against Turkey Over S-400 Purchase

The United States is weighing three packages of sanctions against Turkey over purchasing Russian S-400 air defense systems, media reported Wednesday. The US National Security Council and departments of State and Treasure are yet discussing the options, but the idea to target Turkey’s defense sector under the Countering America’s Adversaries ...

June 19, 2019

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Trump’s Acting Pentagon Chief Patrick Shanahan Pulls Out Amid US Escalation in Mideast

US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday that Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration for the post “so that he can devote more time to his family.” A 2011 incident involving Shanahan’s son beating his mother with a baseball bat and fracturing her skull was earlier cited as a ...

June 19, 2019

World

Russia to Reinforce Western Border as US Plans to Deploy More Troops in Poland

Russia would reinforce its troops at the country’s western border, Vladimir Dzhabarov, the deputy chairman of the Russian upper house’s foreign affairs committee, announced. He stressed that Russia would retaliate if it faced an attack from the Polish territory. “Poland seems not to understand this. Perhaps, it wants to be ...

June 17, 2019

World

CENTCOM Acknowledges US Unmanned Aircraft Downed by Yemeni Forces

US acknowledged one of its unmanned observation aircraft was shot down over Yemen on June 6, according to a statement by Central Command. CENTCOM said the MQ-9 Reaper was shot down by Houthi forces with a SA-6 surface-to-air missile, claiming that the missile was enabled with Iranian assistance. The drone ...

June 17, 2019