The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body that assesses compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, was barred from going within about 40 miles of the affected ...

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President Trump expressed optimism Monday that the war between Iran and Israel was coming to an end, just hours after Iran launched largely symbolic strikes on a U.S. military base in Qatar that we… ...

The talks, he said, were just 48 hours away from a pivotal sixth meeting when Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear ...

The Trump administration opted for a military solution to weaken Iran's nuclear ambitions, but diplomacy is the only tested way to make this deterrence permanent.

When diplomacy fails, the commander in chief must act decisively. President Donald Trump's strikes on Iran's nuclear program kept Americans safe.

The West is setting an August deadline for Iran to agree to a new nuclear deal, threatening to trigger “snapback” UN ...

President Donald Trump's consideration of bringing the United States into Israel's conflict with Iran has reignited tensions inside the Republican Party and Trump's base.

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. As we approach Day 10 of the ...

Iran's current regime shows no signs of immediate change, with military commanders and politicians still publicly pledging ...

As we approach Day 10 of the Israel-Iran crisis, the focus is on whether diplomacy can succeed and, if not, whether President Donald Trump will make the decision to use US military force to ...

As a scholar of nuclear nonproliferation, my research indicates that military strikes, such as the U.S. one against Iran, tend not to work. Diplomacy — involving broad and resolute international ...