A Trump Call Ignited Saudi-U.A.E. Feud
A request made to President Trump about the war in Sudan is at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
A request made to President Trump about the war in Sudan is at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.
In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.
Representatives of the countries were in Geneva this week to discuss the fate of Iran’s nuclear program.
The national mood is somewhere between anxiety, resignation and anticipation as President Trump considers whether to attack Iran.
The national mood is somewhere between anxiety, resignation and anticipation as President Trump considers whether to attack Iran.
President Trump has kept up a steady drumbeat of threats and built up U.S. troops in the region. Iran’s task is to give him a win but also preserve some semblance of nuclear enrichment.
Even as the president considers an attack, his State of the Union address offered little more than a brief repetition of vague talking points from recent days.
The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.