BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries ...

The US has deployed 13 warships and a large fleet of aircraft to the Middle East, with a second aircraft carrier also en ...

Iran closes key Strait of Hormuz shipping route after ayatollah threatens to sink US warships - The strategic waterway has ...

The US has sent two aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers and littoral combat ships to the Middle East, reinforcing ...

Washington currently has 13 warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier — the USS Abraham Lincoln — nine destroyers and three littoral combat ships, a US official said. The Ford — the world's ...

The Pentagon has dramatically reduced the number of ships it had in the Caribbean ahead of the Maduro raid, moving vessels toward the Middle East.

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike ...

Is China stepping in to defend Iran? In a move turning heads across Washington, Tel Aviv, and Tehran… Beijing has deployed ...

President Trump is considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the waters surrounding Iran should Tehran refuse to play ...

The possibility of a direct confrontation between Washington and Tehran is once again casting a long shadow over the Middle East. Reports from CNN and CBS suggest the US military is prepared to strike ...

IRAN’S supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has threatened to sink US warships “to the bottom of the sea” as tensions escalate over nuke talks. Donald Trump deployed the United ...

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