WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by phone with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, emphasizing “our shared desire for a strong, free, and sovereign Iraq,” the State Department said. Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus […]
The United States on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Persian Gulf and said it was seeking international consensus about the threat to shipping, despite Tehran denying […]
UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Reuters) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for an independent investigation to establish the facts and who was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers this week in the […]
By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service BISHKEK — Iranian President Hassan Rohani has told a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek that U.S. actions pose a serious threat to stability in the Middle East. […]
Nolan Peterson / @nolanwpeterson KOYA, Iraq—Just outside this town in Iraqi Kurdistan, a cemetery sits on a raised plot of land facing east toward the border with Iran, about 40 miles away. Buried here are the […]
RIYADH (Reuters) – Qatar said on Sunday it has reservations about hardline statements on Iran made at emergency summits of Gulf and wider Arab states called by Saudi Arabia, becoming the second Arab country to […]
BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) – The United States is prepared to engage with Iran without pre-conditions about its nuclear program but needs to see the country behaving like “a normal nation”, U.S. Secretary of State Mike […]