Grafton Thomas, 37, is believed to have targeted the victims because they were Jewish. Investigators found journals in his home referencing Adolf Hitler, Nazi culture, and the anti-Jewish Black Hebrew Israelite movement.
I accept the pain and hardship of homesickness because I didn’t want to be part of hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery,” says Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
“They want to defend themselves,” says Yonatan Stern, director of a self-defense academy run by IDF veterans, says mere weeks after a brutal machete attack at the home of a Hassidic rabbi.
American president imposes new sanctions on eight senior Iranian officials, says US holds Iran responsible for attacks against the United States as well as a threat to US service members, diplomats and civilians.
"Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Iranian Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh accepts "full responsibility" for the incident, says that when he learned about the downing of the plane, which killed all 176 passengers, he "wished I were dead."
Congress "have serious, urgent concerns about the administration's decision to engage in hostilities against Iran," Speaker Nancy Pelosi says. Under the 1973 War Powers Act, the administration needs to notify Congress on major military actions.
The rockets caused no casualties, Iraqi military says. Earlier Wednesday, US Vice President Mike Pence said the US had received intelligence that Iran had asked its allied militias not to attack US targets.
"Iran appears to be standing down," says US President Donald Trump following Iranian attack on US military personnel in Iraq.
Hours after 63 Canadian citizens were killed in a plane crash in Iran, Canadian government urges nationals to avoid “non-essential travel” to the volatile area.
Democrats in the US Congress and some of the party’s presidential contenders warn of escalating conflict in the Middle East following Iranian strike on US bases in Iraq.
