Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, 18 January, that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would mean a declaration of war. In a post on the social media platform Source
After weeks of mounting tension, the United States and Iran confronted one another on Thursday at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, as Washington issued renewed warnings to Tehran over its violent suppression of nationwide protests. The confrontation unfolded even as US President Donald Trump signaled tentative efforts to de-escalate the crisis…
US President Donald Trump on January 10 voiced strong support for protesters in Iran, suggesting Washington was prepared to step in as nationwide demonstrations over economic hardship escalated into the country’s biggest unrest in three years. “Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!” Trump wrote on Truth…
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, January 7, declined to give a clear timeline on how long the United States would maintain control over Venezuela and extract oil from the South American country, saying “only time will tell.” In an interview with New York Times, Donald Trump hinted that America would be running Venezuela,…
In the wake of a large-scale military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, the United States on Wednesday announced a major energy initiative, with the intent of stabilizing Caracas’s energy sector. The plan, released on Wednesday, 7 January, involves rolling back ‘select’ sanctions to allow the South…
President Donald Trump appeared to signal his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin by sharing a New York Post editorial that sharply criticizes the Kremlin and argues Trump should “turn up the heat” on Russia. Trump in a social-media post on Wednesday shared the editorial, titled “Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing…
