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Several reports say U.S. officials are confident that Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jetliner that had taken off from Tehran’s airport in the hours after the Iranian missile attack on U.S. targets earlier this week. All 176 people aboard were killed in the resulting crash, including 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said he … Read More

A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico triggering a widespread blackout, damaging infrastructure, and injuring people as they fled their collapsing homes. The severe earthquake was followed by intense aftershocks, including a 6.0-magnitude shock wave that also was felt across the U.S. territory. As the sun rose on Puerto Rico, reports of significant damage and injuries were beginning to emerge … Read More

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters, following reports by Reuters and other media of a U.S. military letter about a withdrawal, that the United States has no plans to pull out militarily from Iraq. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” Esper said, when asked about the letter, adding there had also been no plans issued to prepare … Read More

The United States military has wrote to Iraq that it will pull out of the country and would be re-positioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed. It was not immediately clear what the numbers of troops or when they would leave, but helicopters could be heard flying over Baghdad during the night. … Read More

The Iraqi Prime Minister and the Parliament of Iraq have asked the United States Military to leave Iraq. The Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi condemned the US in what he called the “assassination” of both the Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad. Saying that the airstrike … Read More

The United States is urging all American citizens in Iraq to leave immediately for fear of reprisals from the US strike that killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. The US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement that US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land. The State Department also said the embassy … Read More

Iran is vowing to seek a harsh revenge on the United States after an American airstrike in Iraq killed Iran’s most powerful military leader, the powerful Islamic Guard Quds Force commander named Qasem Soleimani. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a “harsh retaliation is waiting for the criminals whose filthy hands spilled his blood.” “The great nation of Iran … Read More

Members and supporters of an Iranian-backed militia have attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes. Hundreds of angry attackers affiliated with the Iranian-backed militia shouted “Death to America” as they attacked the US Embassy and broke into the embassy compound in Baghdad trapping US diplomats inside. The attack on the embassy was in response to U.S. … Read More

Iran has warned the US of “consequences” after Washington carried out airstrikes against an Iranian militia group in Iraq and Syria. It’s reported that at least 25 people were killed and 51 wounded in the US airstrikes that targeted five facilities in Iraq and Syria controlled by the Kataib Hezbollah Militia of Iran. Kataib Hezbollah is a militia group that is a … Read More

The United States military has struck five targets in Iraq and Syria controlled by an Iranian paramilitary group, the Pentagon said. This was a counter-strike in response to a rocket attack on a U.S. base in Iraq where several US troops were wounded and an American civilian contractor was killed. The airstrikes, carried out by Air Force F-15E fighter planes, … Read More