Under Pressure, Iran Admits It Shot Down Jetliner by Mistake

NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSS / The Associated Press Jan 11, 2020 The admission raises the question about why it didn't shut down airspace amid fears of "all-out conflict" with U.S. over missile strikes. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Iran Supreme Leader Weeps for General Killed by U.S. Airstrike

NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Jan 6, 2020 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays over caskets of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others as vast crowds of mourners turn out demanding retaliation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Says 52 Targets Already Lined Up if Iran Retaliates

DOUGLASS K. DANIEL and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2020 Nancy Pelosi slams his formal notice on fatal strike that sparked hostilities, saying it suggests Americans "are being left in the dark." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rockets Fired After Day of Mourning for Slain Iranian Leader

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SARAH EL DEEB / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2020 Rocket falls near U.S. Embassy in Iraq hours after funeral for Qassem Soleimani at which crowd chants "Death to America, death to Israel." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Report: Number of Journalists Killed in Retaliation Nearly Doubles in 2018

VERENA DOBNIK / The Associated Press Dec 19, 2018 At least 34 have been targeted and slain, compared with 18 in 2017. At least 53 in total perished while doing dangerous work. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Russia Accuses U.K. of Faking Chemical Attack in Syria

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Apr 13, 2018 Vladimir Putin's Defense Ministry says images of supposed victims of last weekend's purported attack were staged with "Britain's direct involvement" but offers no evidence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mexico, Canada, Others May Be Exempted From U.S. Tariffs

KEN THOMAS / The Associated Press Mar 7, 2018 "We're not trying to blow up the world," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says of President Trump's "flexibility" regarding planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

California Prison Guards Allegedly Retaliate Against Hunger Strike

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2013 Prison officials are trying to break a hunger strike involving thousands of California inmates by "blasting cells with cold air, confiscating legal documents and, in one case, banning lawyers, according to legal representatives and relatives," The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Retaliatory Attacks Between Israel and Gaza Continue

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 Nine Palestinians died and 29 were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes that began Wednesday and continued Thursday. The air raids were in retaliation for a recent terrorist attack that killed eight Israelis and for continuing rocket fire over the Israel-Gaza border. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Be Alert, Department of Homeland Security Says

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2011 Now that some of the mob giddiness that followed the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death has dissipated, fear is once again thick in the air as U.S. officials warn state and local law enforcement agencies of possible retaliation attacks by a vengeful al-Qaida. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blockaded Gaza ‘Faces Disaster’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 It's been only about a week since Israel closed the border into the Gaza Strip, denying the occupied territory humanitarian supplies and fuel and even blocking journalists, but the UK-based aid group Oxfam is already warning that Gaza "faces disaster" if the blockade is not immediately broken. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s Enough to Give Evildoers a Bad Name

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 11, 2006 Andy takes a satirical look into the Axis of Evil and finds that its leaders occasionally enjoy a good round of trash-talking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )