Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the U.S. airstrike on Iran's most prominent general. But his country is bracing for possible reprisals.
Oil prices rose and the stock market fell Friday, as investors reacted to rising tension in the Middle East. Fallout from the killing of a top Iranian military leader was more muted than expected.
NPR's Audie Cornish wraps the latest Iran developments with a roundtable of NPR correspondents covering the Pentagon, the White House and the State Department.
The U.S. says it killed a top Iranian general because he was an imminent threat, but others say it was more an assassination than an act of self-defense.
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Australian volunteer firefighter Mark Walkom. He's part of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and has been battling this year's massive wildfires.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Naysan Rafati of the International Crisis Group about the U.S. killing of an Iranian military commander and the effects his death will have on the region.
Iran's Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was long on the U.S. radar. So why was he allowed to move freely throughout the Middle East for years, and why did President Trump decide to act now?
The worst locust infestation in a quarter century has struck wide areas of Africa and the Middle East, endangering populations that are already living on the edge.
President Trump ordered the death of the best-known Iranian paramilitary commander in a move expected to yield shock waves across the world. What will happen now?
The prominent general's killing, carried out in an airstrike in Iraq, has elicited a wide range of responses — from vows of revenge to enthusiastic words of support. Here's a look at the fallout.