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WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has announced that the United States is sending at least 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East after the US assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. In Washington, a Pentagon official said on Friday that 3,000 to 3,500 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division’s Global Response …

WASHINGTON: The US Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has urged all American citizens to immediately leave the country following the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, which was carried out by US forces on the orders of President Donald Trump. “Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the …

“At the direction of the President, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force,” the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday. “This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. …

WASHINGTON: In his reaction to anti-US protests, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wed. called Iraqi armed forces as ‘terrorist’. In continuation of Washington’s anger over anti-US demonstrations in Iraq, US Secretary of State Pompeo in his twitter account called Hash al-Shabi organization as ‘terrorist’ which is a part …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Tehran it would “pay a very big price” after a mob of pro-Iranian demonstrators stormed the American embassy compound in Iraq, as his government said it is sending hundreds more troops to the Middle East. Angered by US air strikes that killed two dozen …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump says he does not foresee a war with Iran over the situation in Iraq, claiming that the US marines have handled the situation well. The US president made the comments as he arrived with first lady Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, …

WASHINGTON: Up to 4,000 American paratroopers have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East region following mass protests outside the US embassy by Iraqi protesters infuriated over Washington’s recent deadly military aggression on the Arab country. The US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade of roughly 4,000 paratroopers, known …

NEW YORK: The United Nations Children’s Fund in a report released on Monday said attacks on children have nearly tripled over the last decade — an average of 45 violations a day. Some 170,000 violations against youngsters – including killing, maiming, sexual violence and child recruitment – have been verified …

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump faced calls from his own party to show more restraint on Twitter as the White House faced a storm of outrage on Sunday over the president revealing the name of a man widely thought to be the whistleblower who triggered his impeachment. Trump has faced growing criticism …

NEW YORK: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli authorities have demolished and confiscated hundreds of Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank since January as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies in the occupied territories. The world body, …