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This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, claims to show a satellite carrier is launched at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province. Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran launches 3 satellites into space that are part of a Western-criticized program as tensions rise

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan, on Oct. 12, 2023. Three American troops were killed and "many" were wounded Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said. He blamed Iran-backed militia groups for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes against American forces across the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. officials identified Tower 22 as the site of the attack. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Biden pressed to act after deadly strike on U.S. troops; Iran-backed militants trigger turning point

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Antisemitism and Anti-Westernism: Hating Israel and the United States illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Antisemitism and anti-Westernism: It’s all the same thing

By Everett Piper

Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group attend a protest calling for their release outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Hebrew on the hands with fake blood reads, "Time is running out". (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Live updates | Israel loses 10 soldiers in Gaza as criticism of war’s handling rises at home

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Biden foreign policy boxed in by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

How might China, Russia, Iran and North Korea plot to destroy America?

By Peter Navarro

Houthi supporters attend a protest against the United States-led airstrikes on Friday, Jan 12, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis. The military targets included air defense and radar sites, drone and missile storage and launching locations. (AP Photo)

No way out? Iran bogs down another U.S. president in Middle East morass

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Supporters of a religious group 'Markazi Jamiyat Ahle Hadith Pakistan' hold a demonstration to condemn Iran strike in the Pakistani border area, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. The unprecedented attacks by both Pakistan and Iran on either side of their border appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals. The countries accuse each other of providing a haven to the groups in their respective territories. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan seeks to de-escalate crisis with Iran after deadly airstrikes that spiked tensions

Associated Press

A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 23, 2022. The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes in Iran after an earlier attack by Tehran, killing 9 people

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | US bombs Yemen a fifth time, as Netanyahu rejects any postwar Palestinian state

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Emergency services clear the rubble of the house of Peshraw Dizayi that was hit in Iranian missile strikes in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Dizayi, a prominent local businessman, was killed in one of the Irbil strikes along with members of his family. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann/Metrography)

Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike that killed 2 people

By Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: The Iran conundrum

Syrians look at an abandoned medical facility in the village of Talteta, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, that was hit by Iranian missiles late Monday night, according to a voluntary rescue group White Helmets. Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed was Israeli "spy headquarters" near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Iraq recalls its ambassador, summons Iran’s charge d’affaires over strikes in Irbil

By Salar Salim and Omar Albam - Associated Press

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27, 2007. A court in Iran has slapped imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi with an additional sentence of 15 months for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, her family said Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran sentences imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional prison term

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In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence taken on Thursday Jan. 11, 2024 shows an RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Houthi rebels vow fierce retaliation after American and British strikes against them

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence taken on Thursday Jan. 11, 2024 shows an RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Houthi rebels vow fierce retaliation after American and British strikes against them

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Civil defense workers search for survivors inside an apartment following a massive explosion in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. The TV station of Lebanon's Hezbollah group says top Hamas official Saleh Arouri was killed Tuesday in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Fears grow that Israel, the U.S. and Iran’s allies are inching closer to all-out war

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington.Blinken is heading to the Middle East for the fourth time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October as once-abated fears about a regional conflagration are surging with attacks and assassinations in the Red Sea, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

People stay next to destroyed cars after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Iran says bomb blasts at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 103 people and wounded 188 others. (Tasnim News Agency via AP)

What’s known so far about the deadly explosions in Iran

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Biden administration renews taxpayer-funded protection for Mike Pompeo, top aide over Iran threats

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

People take care of injured after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded over 170 others, state-run media in Iran reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mahdi Karbakhsh Ravari)

Iran says at least 103 people killed in twin blasts at ceremony honoring slain general

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press