Explosions were heard across Iran’s capital before dawn Wednesday as the country’s escalating conflict with the United States and Israel entered a fifth day, marking one of the most intense periods of fighting in the region in decades. The latest blasts in Tehran followed days of sustained US-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites…
A police station lies in ruins after an airstrike in Tehran on Tuesday By Steven ErlangerThe Islamic Republic of Iran’s first priority is to survive. To do that, its leaders will want to drive up the cost of the war for President Trump – in terms of American casualties, costs and inflation – to try…
A senior Iranian military official on Monday threatened to “set on fire” any ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast through which a fifth of the world’s oil travels.The threat, made by Ebrahim Jabari, an adviser to the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, comes as most…
Just three days into the conflict, the Iran war has become attritional. Waves of drone attacks by the Islamic Republic are putting pressure on the defences of the US and its partners from Bahrain to the UAE, depleting weapons stockpiles. The outcome of the fight may depend on which side runs out of munitions first.Shahed-136…
A Sunday night crowd at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden had gathered for drinks and live music when gunfire shattered the routine hum of the bar. Within minutes, panic replaced party chatter — and a 53-year-old man with a trail of incendiary online posts was dead after a shootout with police.The man, identified as Ndiaga Diagne,…
FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, targeting an elite counter-espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specialises in Iran, where the US, along with Israel, launched a strike.The firings came as Patel claimed, without evidence,…
Looking back, John’s warning now appears to have foreshadowed the US strike/ Youtube As Washington and Tehran trade strikes in the aftermath of Operation Epic Fury, attention has turned to comments made just days before the offensive by former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who publicly suggested that a US attack on Iran was imminent. On…
The Donald Trump administration Tuesday pushed through the messaging that they are actively trying to rescue hundreds of Americans stranded in the Middle East, four days after the crisis began. The State Department said it was actively securing military aircraft and charter flights for American citizens who wish to leave the Middle East. “We’ve been…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not initially permitting American warplanes to use UK bases to strike Iran, saying “this is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with”.Trump said the historical relationship between the United States and Britain was “not like it used to be”,…
The grief-stricken family of Savitha Shan, a 21-year-old University of Texas student, who was shot dead by a gunman in an Austin bar, issued a statement after their daughter was identified as the second victim of the shooting. “It is with profound grief and immeasurable sorrow that we announce the tragic loss of our beloved…
