President Donald Trump said an Iranian proposal that would have led to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was “not good enough,” adding that renewed US bombing of Iran after the midterm elections was “possible.” In an interview with Time released on Thursday, Trump was asked why he rejected a proposal from Iran last […]

The White House is threatening NATO allies Germany and France for refusing to release diesel fuel from their emergency inventories. “US officials said France and Germany could be cut off from future US diesel exports. Reuters first reported the US threat to its allies on Thursday after speaking with three people familiar with the discussions. […]

A US official said Washington plans to send a third aircraft carrier and an additional Marine division to the Middle East.  Last month, The Atlantic reported the USS Theodore Roosevelt was preparing to deploy to the Middle East, with the Department of War preparing to maintain two aircraft carrier strike groups in the region before […]

UPDATE: UK police said on Thursday that a 27-year-old British-Iranian man was arrested in connection to the incident at RAF Fairford. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel warned the UK that Iran was plotting an attack inside the country, appearing to link the warning to the arrest of five men outside RAF Fairford earlier […]

The State Department approved a $24.3 billion sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. The announcement comes as the Gulf kingdom is requesting military assistance from its allies as it fights a war against Ansar Allah in Yemen.  The sale includes 48 F-35s and 49 engines (48 equipped with one spare), cryptographic equipment, electronic warfare support, […]

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad was prepared to fulfill its obligations under the Mecca Agreement as Saudi Arabia battles Ansar Allah in Yemen.  The “Mecca Agreement applies to us, and we will fulfill our duty,” Asif said on Wednesday without going into details about what kind of support Islamabad was preparing to provide […]

A UN fact-finding mission concluded that the US intentionally targeted a school building in Iran that was struck on the opening day of the war, rejecting the possibility that the school was accidentally hit during an attack on a neighboring Iranian military facility. The investigators found reasonable grounds to believe the attack constituted a war […]

President Donald Trump says the war in Iran may be ending soon as Tehran is begging to make a deal. He added that Iranian and American officials recently had direct contact. An Iranian official said talks between the US and Iran will not resume until Washington complies with the June Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Trump […]

South Korean officials said Seoul is discussing what role the country could play in efforts to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. So far, South Korea has refused to participate in the US war against Iran, drawing President Donald Trump’s ire.  First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo told the National Assembly, “The government is […]