Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran

When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you’re not going to stand with us, stand aside.

By: Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press and

US conducts Navy exercises in Arabian Sea

The U.S. Navy says it has conducted exercises in the Arabian Sea with a carrier strike group ordered to the Persian Gulf to counter an unspecified threat from Iran.

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Trump tries to tamp down talk of war with Iran

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he hopes the U.S. is not on a path to war with Iran amid fears that his two most hawkish advisers could be angling for such a conflict with the Islamic Republic.

By: Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press and
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