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The government and the Opposition behaved yesterday––for once. They agreed to have a parliamentary debate on the Middle East conflict and its impact on Sri Lanka yesterday evening itself. If only they ...
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened an attack on U.S. naval ships and troops if Donald Trump authorizes strikes on its ...
And yet it is full of risks — known unknowns and unknown unknowns, as the former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld used to ...
That means that the outcome of the war will depend as much on decisions made by U.S. President Donald Trump as it will on ...
In turn, the Russian government reported that Novak and OPEC Secretary General discussed the situation on the oil market due to escalation of the conflict in the Middle East among other things ...
President Trump campaigned on a promise to end U.S. involvement in foreign wars. But this week, he has not ruled out joining ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani reiterated on Wednesday the need for ...
Russia's role in the Israel-Iran crisis is constrained by its war in Ukraine and desire to re-engage the Trump administration. But Moscow could get some benefits from letting Tehran down.
New: The U.S. military has reportedly withdrawn from two more of its bases inside Syria, Reuters reported Tuesday. The ...
The conflict between Iran and Israel continues for a fifth day. President Trump says U.S. knows location of Iranian Supreme ...
Russian officials caution that U.S. direct military support for Israel risks triggering wider instability across the Middle ...
Explosions were heard in Tehran early Wednesday as Israeli warplanes pounded Iran’s capital overnight and into Wednesday.