PENTAGON – U.S. security and intelligence officials are warning voters to expect foreign actors to try to sway their views as they prepare to go to the polls in a series of key presidential primaries. The warning, issued on the eve of Super Tuesday votes in 14 states and one territory, comes as a […]
WASHINGTON – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Tuesday to punish those responsible for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, calling the incident “unforgivable.” In a televised speech, Rouhani called for a special court to be set up, and said, “the whole world will be watching.” Also Tuesday, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said […]
PENTAGON – Iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles into at least two Iraqi airbases that house U.S. troops, the Pentagon says. VOA correspondent Carla Babb broke the story late Tuesday when she was told the al-Asad airbase was hit by rocket fire. The Pentagon later said the Irbil airbase was also […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States will not leave Iraq unless it is paid back for a U.S. air base it built there. Trump was reacting to Sunday’s Iraqi parliament resolution urging the government to expel 5,200 American troops. Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday night that the U.S. has […]