LONDON - Oil is likely to rise by $3-5 per barrel when trading resumes on Sunday evening after the U.S. attacked Iran at the weekend, market analysts said, with gains expected to accelerate only if Iran retaliates hard and causes a major oil supply disruption. U.S. President Donald Trump said...
US Strikes Against Iran Not Aimed at Regime Change, Pentagon Chief Says
WASHINGTON - The U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were not a preamble to regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that Washington sent private messages to Tehran encouraging negotiation. Officials kept operation "Midnight Hammer" highly secret, limiting knowledge of the mission to a small number...
US Bombing of Iran Started With a Fake-Out
WASHINGTON - As Operation "Midnight Hammer" got underway on Saturday, a group of B-2 bombers took off from their base in Missouri and were noticed heading out toward the Pacific island of Guam, in what experts saw as possible pre-positioning for any U.S. decision to strike Iran. But they were...
Pakistan Condemns Trump’s Bombing of Iran a Day After Nominating Him for Peace Prize
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan condemned on Sunday the strikes ordered on its neighbor Iran by Donald Trump, a day after Islamabad had said it would nominate the U.S. President for the Nobel Peace Prize. Pakistan on Sunday said Trump's decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy...
World Awaits Iran’s Response After Trump Says US ‘Obliterates’ Nuclear Sites
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM - The world awaited Iran's response on Sunday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. had "obliterated" Tehran's key nuclear sites, joining Israel in the biggest Western military action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution. With the damage visible from space after 30,000-pound U.S. bunker-buster bombs crashed...
Mariska Hargitay Comes to Terms With a Lifetime of Family Secrets
Mariska Hargitay was at home, and she was sprinting up the stairs, bounding between the corners of her very full life. I had to hustle to keep pace. She checked in with her oldest son — home from his first year at Princeton University — and supervised the setup of...
Mysterious Ancient Humans Now Have a Face
When Qiaomei Fu discovered a new kind of human 15 years ago, she had no idea what it looked like. There was only a fragment of a pinkie bone to go on. The fossil chip, found in a Siberian cave called Denisova, looked as if it might have come from...
World Leaders React to US Attack on Iran
The reaction of world leaders after U.S. forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday Iran time ranged from Israel lauding President Donald Trump's decision to the U.N. calling for de-escalation and some countries condemning the attacks. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Recorded Statement: "Congratulations, President Trump. Your bold decision...
Congress Members Split Over US Attack on Iran
WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress delivered swift reactions to U.S. bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities early on Sunday. The following are statements from key lawmakers: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, applauded the operation but cautioned that the United States now...
Investors Brace for Oil Price Spike, Rush to Havens After US Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday could lead to a knee-jerk reaction in global markets when they reopen, sending oil prices higher and triggering a rush to safety, investors said, as they assessed how the latest escalation of tensions would ripple through the global...