Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
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Launch of Poem “Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women”
Eavan Boland, Irish poet, addresses the event to launch her poem “Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women”. This event, organized by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, is to mark 100 years since the women of Ireland won the right to suffrage and first cast their ballots on 5 December 2018 at United Nations, New York UN Photo by Manuel Elias