The vote in Parliament, after the U.S. killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran in Baghdad, is not final until Iraq’s prime minister signs the bill.Iranians paying their respects to the slain leader of the elite Quds Force, Maj. General Qassim Suleimani, in Ahvaz, Iran, on Sunday.Credit...Hossein Mersadi/EPA, via ShutterstockJan. 5, 2020Updated 11:14 a.m.…
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President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Twitter, saying the United States has pinpointed 52 Iranian sites — including cultural sites — if the nation retaliates.The threats come after Trump approved strikes that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Thursday, immediately triggering fears of Iranian retaliation.On Friday, an Iranian commander had threatened counter-strikes against the…
With more than a month still to go in the fire season, the government announced a large-scale use of military assets, a deployment not seen since World War II.Fighting a fire in Tomerong, North South Wales, Australia, on Saturday.Credit...Matthew Abbott for The New York TimesJan. 4, 2020, 10:24 a.m. ETHASTINGS, Australia — The evacuees walked…
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The US and Iran's decades as adversaries started with the Iranian revolution in 1979 when students overran the US Embassy in Tehran while protesters chanted "Death to America." But the seeds of those tensions were planted decades before when the CIA orchested a coup that ousted an elected prime minister who had nationalized the country's oil…
Politics|Elizabeth Warren’s Fourth-Quarter Total Is $21.2 Million, Her Campaign SaysMs. Warren’s fund-raising haul for the last three months of the year represented a slight dip and placed her behind three top rivals.Senator Elizabeth Warren is relying on grass-roots donors to finance her campaign.Credit...Elizabeth Frantz for The New York TimesJan. 3, 2020Updated 9:40 a.m. ETSenator Elizabeth…
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Two military leaders, including Iran's elite Quds force commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, were killed in an airstrike in Iraq on Thursday afternoon, according to local media reports.It was not immediately clear who conducted the airstrike. US Central Command, the combatant command operating in the region, said it had no information available as of Thursday…
Mr. Castro, the former housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, was the only Latino candidate in the race. He championed progressive policies but did not find his footing in polls.Julián Castro at a presidential forum in Waterloo, Iowa, last month. “I’ll keep working towards a nation where everyone counts, a nation where everyone can…
