Tom O'Connor
Deputy Editor of National Security and Foreign Policy at Newsweek
Contributor at Miami Herald
Award-winning @Newsweek Senior Writer/Deputy Editor covering Middle East/China/Russia/North Korea/more ex-@ibtimes @DailyStarLeb @nypost @SIAdvance #ForzaNapoli
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newsweek.com | Tom O'Connor
Pakistan has announced its nomination of President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, crediting him with averting a major conflict in South Asia at a time when the U.S. leader is contemplating intervention in the Middle East. "The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend President Donald J.
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newsweek.com | Tom O'Connor
By Based in his hometown of Staten Island, New York City, Tom O'Connor is an award-winning Senior Writer of Foreign Policy and Deputy Editor of National Security and Foreign Policy at Newsweek, where he specializes in covering the Middle East, North Korea, China, Russia and other areas of international affairs, relations and conflict. He has previously written for International Business Times, the New York Post, the Daily Star (Lebanon) and Staten Island Advance.
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newsweek.com | Tom O'Connor
As an unprecedented conflict between Israel and Iran dragged on into a fifth day, President Donald Trump has increasingly indicated that he was seriously considering a direct intervention in the fight. And while the Pentagon has thus far maintained that U.S. forces were operating in a purely "defensive posture," while also assisting Israeli interceptions of Iranian missiles, evidence is mounting that the White House is marching toward military action against the Islamic Republic.
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newsweek.com | Tom O'Connor
An Israeli official has said that the country was actively planning to mitigate the potential contamination emanating from strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, including the massive underground complex at Fordow.
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newsweek.com | Tom O'Connor
As Israel continues an unprecedented military operation against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly called on Iranians to overthrow their government, going so far as to indicate that his forces' operations "could certainly" lead to a regime change effort. Now, a number of opposition groups based in the country and abroad are calling for a mass uprising against the Islamic Republic.
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