Speaking at the White House alongside the visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, US President Donald Trump said "Something had to be done" about Iran, as the United States and Israel continued bombarding the Islamic republic for a fourth day and Tehran retaliated with strikes across the region.
Engineers have repaired a badly damaged launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's space agency said, averting a potentially longer-term problem for supplying the International Space Station.
US President Donald Trump will meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on March 3, with transatlantic security and Ukraine high on the agenda. But as Washington intensifies military operations against Iran, European officials fear the war is eclipsing Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Washington’s decision to strike Iranian targets, describing the attacks as a preemptive move to protect American forces from what he called an “imminent threat,” and warning that “the hardest hits are yet to come from the U.S. military.”
Iran's leadership has been hit hard with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials killed in US and Israeli air strikes that continue to pound Tehran and other parts of the country. RFE/RL has continuing updates and analysis.
In an interview with RFE/RL on March 2, Patraeus endorsed the Trump administration’s frank account of operations, noting substantial achievements alongside losses of personnel and aircraft.
US military officials said three US fighter jets crashed in Kuwait after being hit by friendly fire from Kuwaiti air defenses, the first downing of US aircraft since the US-Israeli war against Iran began over the weekend.
The United States signaled it would press ahead with its aerial assault on Iran, as Tehran continued to volley missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf and Middle East amid fears the conflict could widen beyond the region.
An Iranian drone attack on Al Salam Naval Base in Abu Dhabi caused a fire but no casualties, UAE's Defense Ministry said on March 1 as Iran continued to launch attacks across the region for a second day after an initial wave of US-Israeli strikes.
At least nine protesters have been killed and 32 injured in clashes after hundreds of Pakistan’s pro-Iran Shi'a Muslims, angry over the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stormed the US Consulate in the port city of Karachi.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s spiritual leader and highest authority who led the country for almost four decades, was killed during US and Israeli air strikes on February at the age of 86.
Following reports of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel continued to pound sites in Iran on the second day of a massive joint attack by Tel Aviv and Washington on the Islamic republic.
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