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Vows by Iran to punish the US and Israel for killing its supreme leader and starting a war have yet to translate into decisive military action despite the first American casualties. Iranian forces have launched hundreds of drones and missiles in multiple waves across the Middle East, but without inflicting significant harm against American assets […]

Iran has been hit by a series of US and Israeli airstrikes over the weekend as the two countries’ leaders called for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime. The attacks, which are part of what the US has called Operation Epic Fury, killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his Tehran compound, as

At least three people, including the alleged gunman, have been killed after a shooting at a bar in Texas. Authorities say 14 others were wounded after the incident in central Austin. The FBI is investigating whether the shooting was an act of terrorism because of “indicators” found on the gunman and in his vehicle. But

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was only the second leader of Iran’s Islamic Republic, established in April 1979. He took over from the regime’s founding figurehead, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, when he died just over 10 years later, in June 1989. Iran’s supreme leader has the final say in all matters of state. Therefore Khamenei’s death, after almost

The world’s autocrats, from Vladimir Putin to Xi Jinping, will surely be sleeping a little less easy after the death of Iran’s supreme leader in an operation backed by Donald Trump. But the US decision to go to war with Iran without any attempt to gain international consensus – or even the endorsement of Congress