Sam Mednick

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Sam Mednick |Jon Gambrell |Melanie Lidman

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities but Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop its assault. Trump, as he pressed both sides to abide by the ceasefire, posted on social media, “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran.

6 days ago | winknews.com | David Rising |Sam Mednick |Maddie Herron |Haley Zarcone

The United States attacked three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s war aimed at destroying the Iranian nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe that prompted fears of a wider regional conflict as Tehran accused Washington of launching "a dangerous war.”U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that Iran’s key nuclear sites were “completely and fully obliterated” in an address to the nation from the White House.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Pan Pylas |Thomas Adamson |Jeffrey Schaeffer |Sam Mednick

British lawmakers began a crunch debate on Friday a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales, before a vote that could be one of the most consequential social policy decisions they will ever make. The vote is expected to be extremely close, with those on both sides of the issue voicing confidence. As things stand, proponents of so-called assisted dying have the edge.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Sam Mednick |Natalie Melzer |Jon Gambrell |Robert Farley

VIENNA, Austria — Iran's foreign minister will meet in Geneva on Friday with counterparts from Germany, France and the United Kingdom, Iranian state media and European diplomats said, as Israeli airstrikes target his country's nuclear and military sites and Iran fires back. Europe’s push for diplomacy is in sharp contrast to messages from Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump openly weighing bombing Iran and calling for the unconditional surrender of the Iranian leadership.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Sam Mednick |Natalie Melzer |Jon Gambrell |Robert Farley

BEERSHEBA, Israel  — President Donald Trump will decide within the next two weeks whether to strike Iran, the White House said Thursday, saying Trump still sees a “substantial” chance that negotiations can achieve U.S. and Israeli demands on Iran’s nuclear program. Trump’s announcement, relayed by press secretary Karoline Leavitt, puts an extended timeline on the president’s warnings to Iran to immediately shut down its enrichment operations and any other potential for producing nuclear weapons.