Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent, Washington Getty Images Trump with Director of National Intelligence Gabbard How close Iran has come to developing a nuclear weapon is the central question looming over Donald Trump’s decision on whether to join Israel’s military campaign. The issue, tinged with concerns about imminent threats to America and regional stability, has...
Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are evacuating from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources said on Wednesday. Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, however, in recent days talks over Iran’s nuclear programme appear to have stalled. A US state department official told the BBC: “We...
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population. President Donald Trump’s latest deployment of thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles means that there are now more troops carrying out Trump’s anti-protest crackdown in southern California than in both Iraq and Syria,...
Getty Images Pope Francis’ delegate, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presides over the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on 19 April in Vatican City, Vatican Christians around the world are celebrating Easter. All Christians, from Orthodox and Western churches, are observing the holiday on the same day this year – not often the case...
Alfie Tobutt BBC World Service Getty Images The sandstorm blanketed parts of southern Iraq in an orange haze More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna province reported to the AFP news...
Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from Condoleezza Rice to David Petraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American universities. At the same time, the overseers of the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment and siege on Gaza, considered a genocide...