White House: Iran retaliation for Soleimani killing would be poor decision
White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday that any Iranian retaliation in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani would be a “very poor decision.”
Four generations of UK royal family pose for photo to mark new decade
Buckingham Palace has issued a new photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth, her son Prince Charles, her grandson Prince William and her great-grandson Prince George to mark the start of a new decade.
U.S. officials say Soleimani’s death could deter Iranian violence
U.S. officials said the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday might deter, rather than provoke, Iranian violence against U.S. targets despite Tehran’s vow of retaliation.
Soleimani planned attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria: official
Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander who was killed in a U.S. strike, was planning imminent attacks on U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
U.S. says ‘terminated’ top Iran general to thwart attack on Americans
Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East.
Iranian commander Soleimani had been in Pompeo’s sights for years
Long before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on television and Twitter on Friday to make the case for the U.S. decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, he had the powerful military commander squarely in his sights.
Former Mexico security chief tied to Sinaloa cartel pleads not guilty in NY
A former Mexican government official who oversaw public security in his country pleaded not guilty on Friday to U.S. charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes to protect the Sinaloa drug cartel once run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and let it o…
French police shoot man dead near Paris after fatal stabbing
French police shot dead a man near Paris on Friday after he went on a rampage with a knife in a park, killing one person and wounding two more, prosecutors said.
Spain’s electoral board orders Catalan leader stripped of lawmaker role
Spain’s electoral board on Friday ordered the pro-independence president of Catalonia’s government be stripped of his regional lawmaker role, in a move that may complicate efforts to end a prolonged national political deadlock.
U.S. to designate Iran-backed Iraqi militia as foreign terrorist organization
The United States plans to designate an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization, the State Department said on Friday, accusing the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran.
