Iran Strikes Gulf Arab Nations Hosting US Military Bases as Washington and Israel Launch "Massive" Campaign Against Tehran

MANAMA — Explosions rocked Bahrain's capital and smoke rose over Abu Dhabi and Doha on Saturday as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Gulf Arab states hosting American military installations, dramatically widening a conflict that began in the predawn hours when United States and Israeli forces unleashed coordinated attacks on

U.S. and Israel Launch Joint Military Campaign Against Iran as Trump Announces 'Major Combat Operations' in Sweeping Pre-Dawn Strike

WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump confirmed in a pre-dawn video address Saturday that American forces had commenced "major combat operations in Iran," moments after Israel announced a broad-based "preemptive strike" against the Islamic Republic, triggering what analysts warned could become the most consequential military confrontation

Pakistan's Secret Bomb, Fifty Years in the Making — And Why an "Open War" Declaration Today Should Alarm the World

Cuban Border Guards Kill Four Aboard Florida-Registered Speedboat Near Cayo Falcones, Sparking US Investigations and Diplomatic Crisis

HAVANA — Cuban border guard troops shot and killed four people aboard a Florida-registered speedboat early Wednesday morning after the vessel entered Cuban territorial waters near Cayo Falcones in Villa Clara Province, triggering an international incident that has drawn sharp condemnation from US lawmakers, opened parallel investigations on both sides of

Geneva Nuclear Showdown: Trump's State of the Union Ultimatum Sets the Stage for Critical U.S.-Iran Talks Thursday

GENEVA — The third round of indirect nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran is scheduled to convene in Switzerland this Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump used a nearly two-hour State of the Union address to draw a firm red line on Iran's nuclear ambitions and lay

DeepSeek's Banned Blackwell Chips: How China's Top AI Firm Allegedly Beat US Export Controls and What It Means for Nvidia

WASHINGTON — A senior Trump administration official has told reporters that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek trained its forthcoming artificial intelligence model on Nvidia's most advanced commercially available processor, the Blackwell chip, despite comprehensive US export controls that explicitly bar those semiconductors from shipment to China. The disclosure, which surfaced

Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration signals it may launch a second military campaign against Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a widening contradiction sits at the center of its public case: for eight consecutive months, President Donald Trump declared that those capabilities had been thoroughly and permanently destroyed. The June 2025

U.S. Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Regional Firestorm Claiming Israel Holds Biblical Right to the Entire Middle East

WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, ignited a sweeping diplomatic backlash across the Arab world on Friday after telling conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that it would be "fine" if Israel were to claim and control much of the Middle East, a position he rooted in

Pakistan Launches New Border Strikes Against TTP and ISKP Camps Amid Surge in Deadly Militant Attacks

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military carried out a new round of strikes along its border with Afghanistan before dawn on Sunday, targeting what the government described as seven militant camps belonging to the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State group, the latest in a succession of cross-border

Iran Nuclear Standoff Escalates as Two US Carrier Groups Converge and Diplomacy Remains Unresolved

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran edged closer to a potential military confrontation this week as the Pentagon assembled its largest concentration of combat power in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while a second round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva produced only a provisional agreement on

Trump Weighs Iran Strike Decision as Largest US Military Force Since 2003 Assembles in the Persian Gulf

WASHINGTON — Senior national security officials have informed President Donald Trump that the United States military is ready to strike Iran as early as this weekend, though Trump has yet to authorize any action, according to multiple officials familiar with the discussions. The conversations, described as fluid and ongoing, reflect a

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Detained in UK Misconduct Probe Over Alleged Sharing of Official Reports

LONDON — British police arrested a man in his sixties on Thursday and opened a formal investigation into alleged misconduct in public office, triggering a major development in a long-running probe related to a cache of documents released earlier this year. The arrest took place at a private residence and was