Brian Hook, the US State Department’s hawkish special envoy for Iran, is quitting his job amid Washington’s polarizing campaign to extend the conventional arms embargo on Tehran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed in a statement Thursday that Hook, one of the few national security officials to survive the disarray ...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to suggest that the massive explosion that killed at least 135 people in Lebanon might have been a deliberate attack, even as officials in Lebanon and his own defense chief said it’s believed to have be an accident. “Whatever happened, it’s terrible, but ...
