donald trump

G7 Confronts Israel-Iran Crisis as Trump Dominates Summit

Group of Seven leaders including US President Donald Trump prepared to hold talks Monday in the Canadian Rockies, tackling issues including whether they can find common ground on an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. The three-day gathering in the mountain town of Kananaskis marks the return to the international diplomatic calendar for ...

Israel, Iran: Day 4 of Strikes

The conflict between Iran and Israel entered its fourth day on Monday, with continued missile exchanges, mounting civilian casualties, and growing international concern as G7 leaders convene in Canada to address the crisis. In the early hours of Monday morning, a new wave of Iranian missiles targeted multiple locations across Israel, triggering ...

Trump Suggests Iran, Israel Need "To Fight It Out" To Reach Deal

US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Iran and Israel -- who are locked in an exchange of military strikes -- to "make a deal," but suggested they might need to "fight it out" first. "I think it's time for a deal," Trump told reporters, as Israel and Iran exchanged a fresh barrage of missile strikes and threatened more devastation in a ...

‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Prevent Iran-Israel Conflict Spreading: Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said "urgent action" was needed to prevent the Iran-Israel conflict engulfing the Middle East, in a call with US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday. "President Erdogan hailed the recent comments by US President Trump concerning a resolution of the conflict between Israel and Iran... and stressed that urgent ...

Donald Trump Was Right: Negotiate or Sink

The war between Israel and Iran isn’t some distant conflict. It’s a war on our doorstep, happening right here at home. Last night, all Lebanese looked up as missiles cut across the sky: Iranian rockets aimed at northern Israel and the interceptors trying to stop them. Barrages of fire thundered through Lebanese airspace. Jordan has closed its ...

Iran-Israel Conflict: Day 3

Israel launched new strikes on Sunday targeting Iran’s nuclear program, to which Iran responded with missile attacks that killed at least eight people on Israeli territory — marking the third day of an unprecedented military escalation between the two enemy nations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he intends to strike ...

Trump Flexes Military Might at Parade as Protests Sweep US

President Donald Trump hosted the largest US military parade in decades on his 79th birthday on Saturday, as protesters rallied across the country to accuse him of acting like a dictator. Trump hailed the United States as the "hottest country in the world" after watching tanks, aircraft and troops file past him in Washington to honor ...

Putin, Trump Discuss Middle East, Ukraine in Call

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as efforts towards a Ukraine settlement in a phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, the Kremlin said Saturday. It was the fourth phone call between the two leaders under efforts to reset relations since Trump took office, in a stark pivot from the ...

Minnesota Lawmaker Shot Dead, Another Wounded in Targeted Attack

A gunman shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota early Saturday, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state's governor said were "politically motivated" attacks. The shootings came at a moment of deep political divisions in the United States, as thousands prepared to take to the ...

Israel-Iran Conflict: What We Know More than 24 Hours After it Started

Israel struck Iranian nuclear and military facilities with a barrage of missiles on Friday, killing several top officials and prompting a counter-attack by Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's attack on its arch-rival would last "as many days" as needed, and cited Israeli intelligence that Tehran was approaching the "point of no ...

Striking the Head of the Snake

The past twenty months have been devastating for Iran's Arab proxies, and seen a major reversal of fortune for Iran's leaders. But until June 12, Iran had not faced an existential threat despite its evident weaknesses and miscalculations in the conduct of its regional war against Israel. That reality changed overnight with Israel's dramatic ...