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Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

US points to dissent in Iran in wake of deadly drone strike

6:26 pm January 13, 2020

Washington: Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other administration officials joined President Donald Trump in trying to draw attention to dissent in Iran instead of lingering questions about the scale of the threat used to justify a drone strike on Iran’s top military leader. Esper added to the uncertainty over the intelligence behind last week’s killing […]

Iran police ordered to show ‘restraint’ at air disaster demos

6:14 pm January 13, 2020

Tehran: Police in Tehran have been ordered to show “restraint” at demonstrations that erupted after the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet, the Iranian capital’s police chief said Monday. “The police treated the people who had gathered with patience and tolerance” in a second night of demonstrations in Tehran on Sunday, said General […]

King of Jordan warns Islamic State on rise again

4:31 pm January 13, 2020

Paris: King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday warned that the Islamic State group was regrouping and was once again on the rise in the Middle East. Months after the ousting of IS last year from their last Syrian holdout, Abdullah said his “major concern is that we have seen over the past year the re-establishment […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

US to continue pressure on Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapon: America’s NSA

12:38 am January 13, 2020

Washington : The best thing the US can do for the world is to continue its maximum pressure campaign on Iran’s regime to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a top US official said on Sunday. “The best thing we can do for the Iranian people and for the world is to continue our […]

Iran agrees de-escalation ‘only solution’ to solve crisis with US

12:22 am January 13, 2020

Tehran: Iran signalled Sunday it favours a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft. Security was stepped up in Iran’s capital after a vigil the previous night for those killed in the air disaster turned into an […]