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It seems the White House's "maximum pressure" campaign is now in overdrive following John Bolton's announced carrier strike group and bomber deployment to the Persian Gulf region based on "troubling and escalatory" threats from Iran.  On T.....»»

Wikimedia Commons China has conducted live-fire mili.....»»

China’s military conducted live-fire exercises in coastal waters opposite Taiwan, trying to send a message to the democratic island whose Defense Ministry dismissed the drill as small-scale intimidation......»»

China’s military conducted live-fire exercises in coastal waters opposite Taiwan, trying to send a message to the democratic island whose Defense Ministry dismissed the drill as small-scale intimidation......»»

Reuters Taiwan's defense m.....»»

China has also stepped-up air force missions in airspace around Taiwan.....»»

The Trump administration is scrambling to mend a diplomatic rift between Qatar and its Persian Gulf neighbors and has grown increasingly worried that the emirate is drifting into Iran’s political and economic orbit, according to U.S. officials......»»

The Trump administration is scrambling to mend a diplomatic rift between Qatar and its Persian Gulf neighbors and has grown increasingly worried that the emirate is drifting into Iran’s political and economic orbit, according to U.S. officials......»»

"The one who must leave is the U.S., not the Islamic Republic. We are from this region: the Persian Gulf is our home; West Asia is our home," Khamenei said......»»

The Trump administration’s effort to freeze Iranian oil exports is boosting the fortunes of Tehran’s rival, Saudi Arabia, and putting the U.S. ally on a stronger footing for a showdown across the Persian Gulf......»»

Multiple Russian and Middle East news sources are reporting new accusations by the Iranian military that that a US ship carrying chemical weapons has recently anchored in the Persian Gulf and in engaged in.....»»

As Americans are busy with July 4th celebrations, the temperature is heating up in the Persian Gulf a day after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suggested I.....»»

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has l.....»»

Reuters Iran is about to launch a major military exercise in the Persian Gulf to show they can close the Strait of Hormuz.  Iran has been threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to President Donald Trump's threat.....»»

A Reuters headline early Monday sparked fears that Iran could be in control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf through which about one-third of the global supply of oil passes.  Reuters reported i.....»»

REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo Iran on Friday carried out a military drill aimed at showing the US how it could shut down oil shipping in the Persian Gulf after fresh US sanctions it in November, but the display was under.....»»

On Saturday Iran unveiled its first stealth destroyer in a t.....»»

Days after Iran unveiled its first stealth destroyer in a televised ceremon.....»»

A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group will arrive in the Middle East within days, ending the longest period in two decades that such a presence has been absent from the region......»»

Iran's navy has begun a three day war game exercise on Friday in the Persian Gulf, in an expansive area encompassing Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gul.....»»