Topic: Qassem Soleimani

As the United States continues to increase pressure on two adversarial nations, a U.S. judge issued a warrant for the seizure of more than 1 million barrels of gasoline being shipped by four Iranian tankers to Venezuela.

Iranian prosecutors on Monday issued arrest warrants for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 other American officials in connection with the January slaying of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.

The Trump administration announced Wednesday it was ending all sanctions waivers permitting foreign companies to work at Iran's nuclear facilities, further severing Washington from a 2015 accord.

George Lopez announced Tuesday that he will debut his first comedy special for Netflix on June 30.

Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhini was named prime minister of Iraq on Thursday, after five months of political instability in the Middle Eastern nation.

Iraq's prime ministerial merry-go-round continues to spin apace. Spy chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi, director of the country's National Intelligence Service, is the third prime minister designate this year.

The rocket attack on March 11 that killed a young Scottish medic -- Lance Cpl. Brodie Gillon -- and two Americans in Iraq has raised once more the specter of resurgent Iranian aggression in the region.

The House has passed a bill that would curtail President Donald Trump's warmaking powers against Iran, which is now headed for the president's desk -- and a certain veto.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified in Congress Friday that a drone strike that killed an Iranian commander last month made U.S. troops safer in the Middle East, but his presence was countered by a major protest.

Vice President Mike Pence headlined the speaking agenda Thursday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, D.C., and hailed President Donald Trump's efforts over the last three years.

The Trump administration on Wednesday designated the leader of an Iran-backed militia that recently killed an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military as a Global Terrorist.

Officials with the Department of Defense on Monday defended their handling of the 110 soldiers diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries caused by an Iranian attack on an Iraqi base in January.

The European Union announced Monday that the six countries remaining in the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna on Wednesday.

The European Union's new top diplomat has attracted widespread condemnation across Europe for his recent visit to Iran.

Iranians on Tuesday celebrated the 41st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution with rallies across the nation.