TEHRAN, December 15 -Serbia has harshly denounced the United States for “sponsoring” a Kosovo move to build its independent army, threatening the Balkan nation with military intervention after the parliament overwhelmingly passed the law.
TEHRAN, December 10 -The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and following occupation by the United States was largely to protect the country’s opium cultivation and exploit its vast mineral resources, particularly the deposits of lithium, according to James Henry Fetzer, an American academic who has been studying the events of 9/11 since late 2001.
TEHRAN, December 10 -American weapons makers continue to dominate the global arms trade, accounting for over half of all the weapons sold in the world last year while Russia continued to gradually expand its market, a new study shows.
TEHRAN, December 08 -Iran has strongly criticized US policy of pouring weapons into the Middle East far beyond its real defense needs, warning that this has turned the region into a "powder keg".
TEHRAN, December 08 -The UN General Assembly’s decision to reject a US resolution to condemn Palestinian resistance group Hamas is indicative of a “broad shift” away from Washington’s policies, an American political analyst says.
TEHRAN, December 08 -The United States should continue its military presence in Afghanistan if it wishes to prevent future attacks similar to what happened on September 11, 2001, the top US military officer has warned.
TEHRAN, December 06 -US business optimism has waned over uncertainty caused by tariff disputes, rising interest rates and continued labor shortages, the Federal Reserve says.
TEHRAN, December 04 -The US is arm-twisting the Europeans over their bid to bypass new American sanctions on Iran, pressing Europe to impose its own sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, November 29 -Two US Navy warships have passed through the Taiwan Strait in the third such operation this year, as the US military increases the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China.
TEHRAN, November 25 -A Second US Navy SEAL – a platoon commander – has faced charges of failing to act when notified of atrocities carried out by another SEAL during a 2017 deployment in Iraq, including stabbing an injured teenage ISIL militant, and gunning down a little girl and an elderly man.
TEHRAN, November 24 -Climate change will have a far-reaching affect on the U.S. if more is not done to combat it, according to the Fourth National Climate Assessment by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
TEHRAN, November 24 -Surface combatants from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including a cruiser and three destroyers, participated in a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise Sunday with SM-2 Block III surface-to-air missiles.
TEHRAN, November 24 -A US soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll of the American forces in the war-torn country to nine this year.
TEHRAN, November 22 -The U.S. Army has placed a $66 million order to Saab for delivery of the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System for ground troops and vehicles.
TEHRAN, November 20 -Earlier this year, tens of thousands of disabled U.S. veterans became eligible to have their student loans entirely forgiven -- but more than half are in default, new figures show.
TEHRAN, November 20 -The United States has no plans to end the war in Afghanistan despite knowing full well that there is no military solution to the ongoing conflict in the country, says an American political commentator, arguing that America’s interests in the Asian country far outweigh the costs of war.
TEHRAN, November 20 -A UK court has ruled that two men from Bangladeshi backgrounds, who were stripped of their citizenship by the British government, must have their nationality rights restored.
TEHRAN, November 20 -U.S. home builder sentiment recorded its steepest one-month drop in over 4-1/2 years in November as rising mortgage rates and tight home inventory squeezed the real estate sector, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday.
TEHRAN, November 20 -The Federal Reserve is still expected to raise interest rates again next month and three times next year, but a strong majority of economists polled by Reuters over the past week say the risk is it will slow that pace down.