Category: Politico News

“Where on earth are they going?” I wondered. We had dismissed the well-intended advice of an acquaintance to drive for more than two hours to Oman — a theoretical safe haven, until it was targeted by Iranian strikes the following morning. On Sunday, Dubai’s usually choked highways were empty as ominous blasts continued to echo throughout […]

With Iran’s leadership reeling from attacks from American and Israeli troops, Reza Pahlavi is arguing that he is best positioned to take over the country in the aftermath of war. Pahlavi, the oldest son of Iran’s last shah, is a longtime political activist living in exile in the U.S. On Sunday, he told Fox News’ […]

Three U.S. troops have been killed and five more “seriously wounded” as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday. Several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions,” the command said, without giving a location. Iranian missiles have targeted several American bases in Bahrain and Iraq as part of the conflict launched […]

Prime Minister Bart De Wever congratulated Belgium’s armed forces for “last night’s successful operation” and thanked France for its assistance. “Belgium will uphold international maritime law and the security of its territorial waters,” De Wever added in a post on X. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said in a separate post that the operation “was […]

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who oversaw decades of repressive rule and resistance to the United States, was killed after the U.S. and Israel attacked the Islamist regime, according to President Donald Trump, a move that plunges the country’s future into uncertainty. “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump […]

Iran, thus, became the latest country after Syria and Venezuela to feel firsthand what partnership with Russia does, and doesn’t, mean. Since launching its full-scale war in Ukraine four years ago, the Kremlin has flexed its rhetorical muscle as the flag bearer of a so-called multipolar world. But, at decisive moments, its response on the ground […]

At the national level, however, Europe’s message was less unified. In a joint statement, France, Germany and the United Kingdom stressed they “did not participate in these strikes” by the U.S. and Israel, while condemning Iranian counterattacks and urging Tehran to seek to a “negotiated solution.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer emulated that balancing act, […]

Satellite images captured after Saturday’s US and Israeli strikes on Tehran show that the residence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sustained severe damage. The photos, which show several collapsed buildings inside a compound in Tehran known to be one of Khamenei’s main residences, were provided to Business Insider by Airbus. It’s unclear if […]

Germany also said it had been informed in advance. Not so much Paris, however. French President Emmanuel Macron said the U.S. and Israel didn’t “inform or involve” France in the strikes. While several European governments emphasized restraint and de-escalation on Saturday, Sikorski adopted a sharply critical tone toward Tehran. Iran, he said, is “a country […]

The U.S. and Israel are so far going it alone in their military campaign against Iran, in a notable absence of the allies who participated in previous regional conflicts with air defenses and strikes. Several world leaders have voiced support for punishing the brutality of Iran’s Islamist regime. But none offered military support in the […]