Phil Stewart

At least five American personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies following last week's killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

The US and Australia kicked off high-level talks that will focus on China's "coercive behavior," as well as the AUKUS nuclear submarine project and mounting tensions in the Middle East.

The United States has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not escalate, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, amid

Several US and coalition personnel have been wounded in a drone attack in Syria, in the second major attack in recent days against US forces amid soaring tensions in the Middle East.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin also ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to fasten its deployment to the region, as Israel prepares for Iran’s attack.

Washington | US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on

AMMAN (Reuters) – The top US general begins an unannounced visit to the Middle East today to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions

Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, cautions that Iran's militant allies in other locations continue to pose a risk.

But Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a strike on Israel, says Air Force General C.Q. Brown