Prosecutors say terrorist group recruited Lebanese-born Ali Kourani after his family's home was destroyed in 2006 Second Lebanon War. Kourani said to have received sophisticated military training overseas, knew how to use a rocket propelled grenade.
ran is exercising "maximum restraint in spite of the fact the United States withdrew from the [deal] last May," Javad Zarif tells his Japanese counterpart.
Two legal groups are seeking information on potential influence the government of Qatar is wielding at Texas A&M University and a satellite campus of the university.
Ankara insists it will acquire S-400 system as planned, despite US warnings that Turkey's purchase of missile defenses would put its partnership in the F-35 strike fighter program at risk.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she gets "a calming feeling" when she thinks of "the tragedy of the Holocaust," the suffering of her Palestinian ancestors, and the new state of Israel. "Policing my words, twisting and turning them to ignite vile attacks on me will not work," she says.
Previous blocks on social media and messaging apps imposed following the Easter Sunday bombings were lifted after several days.
Iyad el-Baghdadi says the CIA warned of threats against him after he worked with a team investigating a blackmail case against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, where slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was a contributing columnist.
As trade war heats up, U.S. Commerce Department reports that four Chinese firms tried to procure U.S. commodities that would have "supported" Iran's weapons programs in violation of U.S. export policy.
U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says "unintended" escalation could snowball after U.S. announces deployment of aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf.
"An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now it is a target and the threats have switched to opportunities," says head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division. "If [the Americans] make a move, we will hit them in the head," he adds.
