Konstantin Toropin

A cleric checks his cell phone on stage in front of a screen displaying portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a pro-government gathering in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Donald Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, cites breakthrough in talks to end the war

June 11, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he had called off new military strikes on Iran, claiming a breakthrough in negotiations to end the war just hours after the American leader...

A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier under missile attack in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US military says it’s striking ‘multiple targets’ in Iran in latest escalation of tensions

June 10, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

The United States launched airstrikes Wednesday against Iran, and President Donald Trump said more were coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region. The escalating attacks threatened to...

A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

US and Iran launch airstrikes after Trump blamed Tehran for downing Army helicopter

June 9, 2026 at 9:51 p.m.

President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Tuesday for shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter close to the Strait of Hormuz and said the United States must respond. Iran's top diplomat said foreign military forces...

Pro-government Iranian demonstrators wave Iranian flags and a portrait of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, and his slain father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a gathering at a square in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US says it disabled another commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran

May 30, 2026 at 11:39 a.m.

The U.S. military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports, a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press...

President Donald Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US military conducts another strike against Iran after President Trump says Iran is ‘negotiating on fumes’

May 27, 2026 at 8:40 p.m.

U.S. forces carried out out new defensive strikes on Wednesday on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials.

The USS Gerald R. Ford heads toward port at Naval Station Norfolk, as seen from Fort Monroe, Va., on May 16, 2026. (Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro’s capture

May 16, 2026 at 2:31 p.m.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Defense Secretary Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end game

May 12, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Skeptical Democrats confront Hegseth about Iran war for the first time since conflict started

April 29, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats Wednesday over a costly conflict...

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

US says it’s hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

April 25, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, far right, listens as his defense attorney, Barry Pollack, center, addresses Judge Alvin Hellerstien (not pictured), as Maduro’s wife Cilia Flores, far left, looks on. Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Manhattan federal court inNew York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid

April 23, 2026 at 9:16 p.m.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket,...

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