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The reported remarks come shortly after President Donald Trump called off a military strike on Iran in response to the downing of an American UAV earlier this week, just minutes before it was set to be launched upon learning that some 150 people would die in the attack. An Iranian general warned on Saturday that […]

By REUTERS June 22, 2019 10:10   Iran will respond firmly to any US threat against it, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday, citing foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi. “We will not allow any violation against Iran’s borders. Iran will firmly confront any aggression or threat by America,” he was quoted as saying. […]

UNRWA head says 42 countries and bodies increased grants to controversial organization after Trump administration cut all funding, praises donations from Europe, Gulf states, Asia By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 9:22 am   Pierre Krähenbul, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), speaks at a press conference in Gaza City on May 23, 2019. […]

The sessions, featuring the kinds of experts who tend to join panels at foreign policy conventions, suggest Kushner will not be unveiling a plan By RON KAMPEASToday, 4:02 am     White House adviser Jared Kushner in Washington on Aug. 29, 2018. (AP /Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (JTA) — The deal of the century is looking more and […]

US president says no preconditions for talks with Tehran but won’t allow them to have nuclear weapons; US military was ‘cocked and loaded’ to retaliate for downing of drone By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 3:42 am   US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House in Washington, DC, on […]

President Trump was right Thursday night in declining to strike Iranian assets: A military escalation serves Tehran’s interests, not America’s. The long-term game is already in Washington’s favor, as sanctions have pushed Iran’s economy into a nosedive. And a strike like the one reportedly planned, targeting multiple Iranian missile batteries and radar, possibly killing an estimated […]

A pact that could be a major deterrent to the enemies of the Jewish state could also turn out to be a double-edged sword for Jerusalem. Herb Keinon June 21, 2019 00:18 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador David Friedman on Sunday unveiled an impressive sign on a patch of synthetic grass in the […]

A pact that could be a major deterrent to the enemies of the Jewish state could also turn out to be a double-edged sword for Jerusalem. Herb Keinon June 21, 2019 00:18 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador David Friedman on Sunday unveiled an impressive sign on a patch of synthetic grass in the […]

REUTERS June 22, 2019 00:21 U.S. forces are preparing to evacuate hundreds of staff working for Lockheed Martin Corp and Sallyport Global from an Iraqi military base where they work as contractors, three Iraqi military sources said on Friday. Nearly 400 contractors from the two firms were getting ready to leave Balad military base north […]

Diplomats say closed-door meeting to happen Monday after Trump cancels strike on Iran at last moment because it was not a ‘proportionate’ response By AFPToday, 8:20 pm   115shares President Donald Trump said Friday he had planned air strikes on Iranian targets after Tehran shot down a US reconnaissance drone, but opted at the last minute to […]